Marshall Valley
Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica
title: "Marshall Valley" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["valleys-of-victoria-land", "mcmurdo-dry-valleys"] description: "Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/valleys-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Valley" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox valley"]
| Field | Value |
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| name | Marshall Valley |
| photo_caption | Upper Garwood Valley |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_size | 180 |
| map_caption | Marshall Valley |
| location | Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | |
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| name = Marshall Valley | embed = | other_name = | photo = | photo_size = | photo_width = | photo_caption = Upper Garwood Valley | photo_alt = | map = Antarctica | map_size = 180 | map_alt = | map_caption = Marshall Valley | location = Antarctica | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | elevation = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | direction = | length = | width = | area = | watercourses = | footnotes = Marshall Valley () is a small valley in Antarctica, ice free except for Rivard Glacier at its western head. It is 12.5 km long, and 3 km wide, and lies between Garwood Valley and Miers Valley on the coast of Victoria Land. It is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The valley is open to the Ross Sea to the east.
Name
Marshall Valley was named by the New Zealand Blue Glacier Party (1956–1957) for Dr. Eric Marshall, surgeon and cartographer of the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE; 1907–09), who accompanied Ernest Shackleton on his journey to within 97 nmi of the South Pole.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/C78192s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Discovery.jpg" caption="Marshall Valley in north of map"] ::
Marshall Ridge
Rivard Glacier
Marshall Stream
DeMaster Point
A point at the foot of Marshall Valley, Denton Hills, on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. Named by US-ACAN (1994) after Douglas P. DeMaster, biologist, University of Minnesota; who conducted seal studies in 1976 and 1977 (McMurdo Sound), 1977 and 1978 (South Shetland Island), 1978 and 1979 (Palmer Archipelago).
Kahiwi Maihao Ridge
An ice-free ridge near the center of Denton Hills on the Scott Coast of Victoria Land. The ridge rises to 1075 m high and extends west-east between Marshall Valley and Miers Valley. Named Kahiwi Maihao Ridge by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1994, a Maori name meaning "finger ridge".
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17075 |name=DeMaster Point}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17238 |name=Kahiwi Maihao Ridge}}
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