Marr Ice Piedmont
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Marr Ice Piedmont is a large ice piedmont
which covers the northwest half of Anvers Island
, in the Palmer Archipelago
. This feature was presumably first seen by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873–74, and was first roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition
, 1903–05, and French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, both under Charcot. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for James W.S. Marr, British marine biologist, who was first commander of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1943–45, and leader of the base at nearby Port Lockroy
. Marr was also a member of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1929–31, and Shackleton's expedition of 1921-22.
Ice piedmont
An ice piedmont consists of "Ice covering a coastal strip of low-lying land backed by mountains."-References:*The Crossing of Antarctica by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary Cassell, London, 1958...
which covers the northwest half of Anvers Island
Anvers Island
Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...
, in the Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....
. This feature was presumably first seen by a German expedition under Dallmann, 1873–74, and was first roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition
French Antarctic Expedition refers to several French expeditions in Antarctica.-First expedition:Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec was a French explorer....
, 1903–05, and French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, both under Charcot. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for James W.S. Marr, British marine biologist, who was first commander of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1943–45, and leader of the base at nearby Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy is a natural harbour on the Antarctic Peninsula of the British Antarctic Territory. After its discovery in 1904 by the French Antarctic Expedition it was used for whaling between 1911 and 1931 and British military operations during World War II and then continued to operate as a...
. Marr was also a member of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, 1929–31, and Shackleton's expedition of 1921-22.