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NEW ANTARCTIC COAST MOUNTAINS CHARTED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Feb. 29. 2.10 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Admiral R. E. Byrd, leader of the United States expedition to the Antarctic, in a radio message reports that Lieutenant George Dufek made an aerial map of a 100-mile strip of the South Pacific coast of Antarctica and also charted the mountain range to the southward discovered by Admiral Byrd, which comprises scores of peaks 2500 ft of 4000 ft high running parallel to the coast.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 29 February 1940, Page 6
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