GEOGRAPHIC NAMES OF ANTARCTICA 



MARIN DARBEL BAY: large bay indenting the 

 W. coast of Palmer Pen. between Capes Bellue and 

 Key; in 66°35'S., 65°55'W. It was disc, and roughly 

 charted by the FrAE under Charcot, 1908-10, who 

 gave it this name. The bay was further charted 

 in 1931 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, and 

 by the BGLE, 1934-37, under Rymill. Not 

 adopted: Darbel Bay, Marin-Darbel Fiord. 



Marin-Darbel Fiord: see Marin Darbel Bay. 



MARION, MOUNT: mountain probably over 

 1,500 ft. in el., standing about 15 mi. WNW. of Mt. 

 Martine, on the N. coast of Charcot I., in about 

 69°49'S., 74°37'W. Disc, on Jan. 11, 1910 by the 

 FrAE under Dr. Jean B. Charcot, and named by 

 him for his daughter, Marion. Not adopted: 

 Marion Mountain, Marion Peak. 



Marion Cove: see Marian Cove. 



MARIS NUNATAK: small coastal nunatak pro- 

 truding above the terminus of Rogers Gl., about 

 2.5 mi. ENE. of Whisnant Nunatak on Ingrid 

 Christensen Coast; in about 69°58'S., 72°33'E. De- 

 lineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from aerial 

 photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp. in March 

 1947, and named by him for R. L. Maris, air crew- 

 man on USN Op. Hjp. photographic flights in this 

 area and other coastal areas between 14° and 164°, 

 east longitude. 



Mark, Mount: see Hawthorne, Mount. 



MARKHAM, MOUNT: triple-peaked massif 

 about 15,100 ft. in el., standing prominently above 

 the surrounding lesser peaks and lying S. of 

 Shackleton Inlet, along the W. edge of Ross Ice 

 Shelf; in about 82°59'S., 160°30'E. Disc, in De- 

 cember 1902 by the BrNAE under Scott. Named 

 for Sir Clements Markham who, as Pres. of the 

 Royal Geographical Soc, 1893-1905, planned the 

 exp. and chose Scott as its leader. Not adopted: 

 Markham Mountains. 



MARKHAM BAY: bay about 16 mi. wide and 

 indenting 5 mi., lying between Ekelof Pt. and 

 Hamilton Pt. on the E. side of James Ross I.; 

 in 64°17'S., 57°18'W. Possibly first seen by a Br. 

 exp. under Ross, who explored this area in 1842-43. 

 First charted by the SwedAE, 1901-4, under 

 Nordenskjold, who named it for Sir Clements 

 Markham. Not adopted: Clements Markham Bay. 



Markham Island: see Clements Markham Island. 



MARKHAM ISLAND: high island with vertical 

 sides, about 1 mi. in diameter, lying S. of Oscar 

 I. and about 20 mi. W. of Cape Washington, along 

 the coast of Victoria Land; in about 74°46'S., 



164°21'E. Disc, in February 1900 by the BrAE 

 under C. E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Sir 

 Clements Markham. 



MARR, MOUNT: sharp dark peak about 5 mi. 

 SW. of Johnston Pk. in Enderby Land; in about 

 66°15'S., 52°21'E. Disc, in January 1930 by the 

 BANZARE under Mawson, and named for James 

 W. S. Marr, zoologist to the exp. who had also been 

 a member of a Br. exp. under Shackleton, 1921-22. 



MARR BAY: bay lying between Cape Valavielle 

 and Eraser Pt. along the N. coast of Laurie I., in 

 the South Orkney Is., in 60°42'S., 44°31'W. First 

 charted by the ScotNAE, 1902-4, under Bruce. 

 Named for James W. S. Marr, member of the Dis- 

 covery Committee zoological staff, by personnel on 

 the Discovery II following their survey of the South 

 Orkney Is. in 1933. 



MARR BLUFF: rock bluff, about 3,500 ft. in el., 

 standing immediately N. of Wager Gl. on the E. 

 coast of Alexander I Island; in 69°47'S., 69°20'W. 

 Surveyed by the FIDS in 1948 and named by them 

 for John E. Marr, English geologist and prof, of 

 geology at Cambridge Univ., 1917-30. 



MARRET GLACIER: channel glacier about 4 

 mi. wide and 4 mi. long, flowing NE. from the con- 

 tinental ice to Adelie Coast, close E. of Cape 

 Robert; in about 66°26'S., 137°44'E. Delineated 

 from aerial photographs taken by USN Op. Hjp., 

 1946-47, and named by the US-ACAN for Mario 

 Marret, leader of the FrAE, 1952-53, whose party 

 extended reconnaissance of the coastal features to 

 the W. side of Victor Bay. Marret previously 

 served with the 1948 French exp. to Greenland, 

 the unsuccessful FrAE venture to Antarctica in 

 1948-49, and as radio-operator and cine-photog- 

 rapher with the FrAE under Liotard, 1949-51. 



MARR ICE PIEDMONT: large ice piedmont 

 which covers western half of Anvers I., in the 

 Palmer Arch.; in 64°33'S., 63°40'W. This feature 

 was presumably first seen by a Ger. exp. under 

 Dallmann, 1873-74, and was first roughly sur- 

 veyed by the FrAE, 1903-5, and FrAE 1908-10, 

 both under Charcot. It was named by the Br-APC 

 for James W. S. Marr, British marine biologist, 

 who was first commander of the FIDS, 1943-45, 

 and leader of the base at nearby Port Lockroy. 

 Marr was also a member of the BANZARE under 

 Mawson, 1929-31, and Shackleton's expedition of 

 1921-22. 



MARSDEN, MOUNT: peak about 2,100 ft. in el., 

 standing about 4 mi. SSW. of Mt. Rivett, in the 

 Gustav Bull Mtns. on the Mac-Robertson Coast; 

 in about 67°52'S., 66°06'E. Early in January 1930, 



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