Mount Marston
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Mount Marston is a whaleback-shaped mountain
, 1,245 m, standing at the north side of Kar Plateau
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of the terminus of Mackay Glacier
in Victoria Land
. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition
(1907–09) and named for George E. Marston, artist with the expedition.
Mountain
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, 1,245 m, standing at the north side of Kar Plateau
Kar Plateau
Kar Plateau is a small, mainly snow-covered plateau with an almost vertical rock scarp marking its southern side, standing on the west side of Granite Harbour, just north of the terminus of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The plateau rises gently toward the northwest to the heights of Mount...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of the terminus of Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy and Clare Ranges, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Alistair F...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition
Nimrod Expedition
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole...
(1907–09) and named for George E. Marston, artist with the expedition.