Faraway How is a

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, East

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. Administratively it falls under the

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zone. This geographic feature was named by the 1926

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led by Sir

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Geography

Faraway How is located in the

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north of

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and 9 km to the west of C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak's northern end. Faraway How is 7.8 km in length and its maximum width is 3.2 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is high.

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