Marco Polo High
Coordinates: 76 ° 39 ′ S , 164 ° 0 ′ W
The Marco Polo Highline is a 160 km long and 80 km wide deep back in the Ross Sea before Saunders Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands .
Italian scientists discovered it between March and June 1993. They named it in 1997 after the Venetian trader and explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324).
Web links
- Marco Polo High in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Marco Polo High in the database of the Marine Gazetteer (English)