Name details

Marshall Valley

Marshall Valley (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Marshall Valley  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113843

Feature type: Valley (2g)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A small almost ice-fee valley midway between Joyce Valley to the south and Garwood Valley to the north. Marshall Stream flows down the valley, cut by summer meltwater from Rivard Glacier, a small ice-slab at the head of the valley, reaches the coast approximately 13km south-southwest of Cape Chocolate. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MG11

Named For

Named by the Blue Glacier Party of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-57, after Dr Eric Marshall, surgeon and cartographer of the British Antarctic Expedition (Nimrod expedition, BAE), 1907-09, who accompanied Shackleton on his journey to 'within 97 miles' of the South Pole.

Location

Latitude:
78° 04' 00.0" S
-78.06667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
164° 10' 00.0" E
164.16667°
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Altitude:
329 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
LINZ AntTopo50 series
Source Identifier:
MG11 : Edition 1.00 Published 2012
Source Scale:
1:50000
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
LINZ
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
24-Jul-1959

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