2-627: Marr Ice Piedmont ( 64°33′S 63°40′W / 64.550°S 63.667°W / -64.550; -63.667 ) is a large ice piedmont which covers the northwestern half of Anvers Island , in the Palmer Archipelago , Antarctica. This feature was presumably first seen by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann , 1873–74, and was first roughly surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05 , and French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10 , both under Jean-Baptiste Charcot . It
4-873: Was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for British marine biologist James W.S. Marr , first commander of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 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 under Mawson , 1929–31, and of Shackleton's expedition of 1921–22. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Marr Ice Piedmont" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Anvers Island location article
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