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 Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Marshall Archipelago (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Archipelago (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An extensive group of large ice-covered islands within Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Several of the islands were discovered and plotted by the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions (1928-30 and 1933-35) and by the USAS (1939-41), all led by Admiral Byrd. The full extent of the archipelago was mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959-65). The naming was proposed by Admiral Byrd for General of the Army George C. Marshall, who made financial contributions as a private individual and also, on the same basis, provided advisory assistance to the Byrd expedition of 1933-35.
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