Edward VII Peninsula

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King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which projects from the northwestern extremity of Westarctica into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf, and forms part of the Ross Dependency. Edward VII Peninsula is defined by the Ross Ice Shelf on the southwest, Okuma Bay, the Prestrude Inlet, and Sulzberger Bay, all essentially on the Ross Sea.