Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Marshall Peak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Marshall Peak (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peak
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 1200m at base of Kvinge Peninsula, Black Coast, was probably sighted from the ground by USAS in December 1940; surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947 and named after Norman Bertram ("Freddy") Marshall (1915-1996), Operation "Tabarin" zoologist, "Hope Bay", 1944-45; Professor of zoology, Queen Mary College, London University, 1972-77 (BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.14; DCS 601 sheet 71 60, 1955; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976). Pico Marshall (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957). Gora Marshall-Pik (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Pik Marshall (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). The peak was further surveyed by BAS from "Stonington Island", 1972-73.
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