Marshall Valley

Marshall Valley
Marshall Valley is located in Antarctica
Marshall Valley
Marshall Valley
Marshall Valley
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates78°4′S 164°12′E / 78.067°S 164.200°E / -78.067; 164.200 (Marshall Valley)

Marshall Valley (78°4′S 164°12′E / 78.067°S 164.200°E / -78.067; 164.200 (Marshall Valley)) is a small valley in Antarctica, ice free except for Rivard Glacier at its western head. It is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide, and lies between Garwood Valley and Miers Valley on the coast of Victoria Land.[1] It is one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.[2] The valley is open to the Ross Sea to the east.[1]

  1. ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 464.
  2. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 480.