Marshall Mountains

Marshall Mountains
Highest peak	Mount Marshall ( 3160  m )
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
part of	Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	84 ° 37 ′  S , 164 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 84 ° 37 ′  S , 164 ° 30 ′  E
Map from 1965 with the southwest part of the Queen Alexandra chain , Marshall Mountains on the eastern edge south of center

The Marshall Mountains are a mountain range in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it towers over the Beardmore Glacier on the western flank. The highest point is Mount Marshall with a height of 3160  m . The Marshall Mountains are bounded by the Berwick Glacier to the north and by the Swinford Glacier to the south .

The mountain range was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . It is named after the British doctor Eric Marshall (1879–1963), a participant in the expedition.

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Marshall Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Marshall Mountains on geographic.org (English)
• Marshall Mountains. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 205 (English)