GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



in about 77°26'S., 163°48'E. First charted by the 

 BrAE, 1907-9, under Shackleton, and so named be- 

 cause of the marble found there. Not adopted: 

 Marble Cape. 



Marescot, Cape: see Marescot Ridge. 



MARESCOT RIDGE : ridge comprised of numer- 

 ous ice-covered hills, the highest about 3,700 ft. in 

 el., extending in a NNE.-SSW. direction for about 

 4.5 mi., standing 11 mi. E. of Cape Roquemarel, on 

 the NW. coast of Louis Philippe Pen.; in 63°32'S., 

 58°32'W. Disc, by a Fr. exp., 1837-40, under 

 D'Urville. D'Urville charted this feature as a cape, 

 which he named for Jacques Marescot Duthilleul, 

 an ensign on the exp. ship Astrolabe. The ridge 

 was charted by the FIDS in 1946. Not adopted: 

 Cape Marescot. 



Margaret Bay: see Marguerite Bay. 



Margaret Goodenough Glacier: see Goodenough 

 Glacier. 



Margaret Wade, Mount: see Fitzsimmons, Mount. 



MARGERIE, CAPE: low, ice-covered cape, 

 marked by prominent rock outcrops at its NW. and* 

 NE. ends, lying midway between Cape Mousse and 

 Lacroix Nunatak and bounded on the N. by nu- 

 merous rocky islets, on Adelie Coast; in 66°49'S., 

 141°24'E. Charted by the AAE under Mawson, 

 1911-14, who named this feature for Emanuel de 

 Margerle, French geographer and geologist. Cape 

 Margerie served as the main base site for FrAE 

 parties under Liotard, in 1950-51, and Barre, in 

 1951-52, until fire destroyed the main buildings of 

 their base, known as Port Martin, in January 1952. 

 Not adopted: Cape de Margerie. 



Margreaves Glacier: see Hargreaves Glacier. 



MARGUERITE BAY: an extensive bay on the W. 

 side of Palmer Pen., which is bounded on the N. 

 by Adelaide I., and on the S. by Wordie Ice Shelf, 

 George VI Sound, and Alexander I Island; centered 

 in about 68°30'S., 68°30'W. Disc, in 1909 by the 

 FrAE under Dr. Jean B. Charcot, who named the 

 bay for his wife. Not adopted : Margaret Bay. 



MARIAN COVE: cove indenting the W. side of 

 King George I. about mid'Way between Collins 

 Hbr. and Potter Cove, in the South Shetland Is.; in 

 62°12'S., 58°46'W. The name seems to have been 

 first used by the Scottish geologist David Ferguson 

 in a 1921 report based upon his investigations of 

 King George I. in 1913-14,. but may reflect an 

 earlier naming by whalers. Not adopted: Marion 

 Cove. 



Marie, Points: see Marie Island. 



MARIE BYRD LAND: that portion of Antarctica 

 lying E. of Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea and S. of 

 the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approxi- 

 mately to a line between the head of Ross Ice Shelf 

 and Eights Coast. The inclusion of the area be- 

 tween the Rockefeller Plateau and Eights Coast is 

 based upon the leading role of R. Adm. Richard E. 

 Byrd, USN, in all explorations of this area. Pend- 

 ing more definite mapping which may make it pos- 

 sible to draw boundaries along lines of natural de- 

 marcation, the E. limit of this land has been arbi- 

 trarily adopted. The name was originally applied 

 by Byrd in 1929, in honor of his wife, to the NW. 

 part of the area, the part that was explored in that 

 year. 



MARIE ISLAND: irregular-shaped island, about 

 2 mi. long, lying immediately N. of Cape Evensen, 

 off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 66°07'S., 

 65°46'W. The name "Pointe Marie," after the 

 elder sister of Dr. Jean B. Charcot, was given by 

 Charcot's FrAE, 1903-5. It was used for a point 

 on the coast close N. of Cape Evensen, in about 

 66°07'S. After the FrAE, 1908-10, Charcot appUed 

 the name "Pointe Marie" for the most southerly 

 tip of an island, "He Waldeck-Rousseou," lying off 

 the coast in approximately the same latitude. In 

 correlating their surveys with those of Charcot, 

 the BGLE, 1934-37, identified "He Waldeck- 

 Rousseau" as Waldeck-Rousseau Peak on the main- 

 land of Palmer Pen. The most prominent feature 

 near this peak requiring a name is the island now 

 described. The name Marie Island for this feature 

 preserves Charcot's naming in this locality. Not 

 adopted: Pointe Marie [French]. 



MARIHOLM: the highest and easternmost islet 

 in a small group which lies about 0.3 mi. S. of 

 Moe I., in the South Orkney Is.; in 60°45'S., 

 45°42'W. The islet was named on a chart based 

 upon a running survey of the South Orkney Is. by 

 Capt. Petter S0rlle in 1912-13. Not adopted: 

 Hariholm [Norwegian]. 



MARINA POINT: low rocky promontory which 

 forms the extreme NW. point of Galindez I. in the 

 Argentine Is., off the W. coast of Palmer Pen.; in 

 65°15'S., 64°16'W. First surveyed in 1935-36 by 

 the BGLE under Rymill. Named by members of 

 the BGLE for Princess Marina, now Duchess of 

 Kent, who was married in November 1934, while 

 the expedition ship Penola was enroute to the 

 Argentine Is. The name did not appear on pub- 

 lished BGLE maps but since has become estab- 

 lished in usage. 



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