- Marshall Cirque
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Marshall Cirque (78°5′S 167°16′E / 78.083°S 167.267°ECoordinates: 78°5′S 167°16′E / 78.083°S 167.267°E) is an ice-filled cirque, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Kienle Cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Dianne L. Marshall, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated the volcanic activity and seismicity of nearby Mount Erebus in 1981-82 and 1982-83.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Marshall Cirque" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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