Marshall Valley


Marshall Valley is a small valley in Antarctica, ice free except for Rivard Glacier at its western head. It is long, and wide, and lies between Garwood Valley and Miers Valley on the coast of Victoria Land. The valley is open to the Ross Sea to the east. It was named by the New Zealand Blue Glacier Party for Dr. Eric Marshall, surgeon and cartographer of the British Antarctic Expedition, who accompanied Ernest Shackleton on his journey to within of the South Pole.