Marshall Cirque
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Marshall Cirque is an ice-filled cirque
Cirque
Cirque may refer to:* Cirque, a geological formation* Makhtesh, an erosional landform found in the Negev desert of Israel and Sinai of Egypt*Cirque , an album by Biosphere* Cirque Corporation, a company that makes touchpads...

, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) wide, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southwest of Kienle Cirque
Kienle Cirque
Kienle Cirque is an ice-filled cirque, wide, the largest cirque on the west side of White Island, Ross Archipelago. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Juergen Kienle , Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, a team leader for the investigation of volcanic...

 on the west side of White Island
White Island (Ross Archipelago)
White Island is an island in the Ross Archipelago, long, protruding through the Ross Ice Shelf immediately east of Black Island. It was discovered by the Discovery Expedition and so named by them because of the mantle of snow which covers it....

, Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago
Ross Archipelago is a convenient name for that group of islands which, together with the ice shelf between them, forms the eastern and southern boundaries of McMurdo Sound. The most northerly is Beaufort Island, then comes Ross Island, the Dellbridge Islands, and Black Island and White Island...

. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) (1999) after Dianne L. Marshall, Geophysical Institute
Geophysical Institute
The Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks conducts research into space physics and aeronomy; atmospheric sciences; snow, ice, and permafrost; seismology; volcanology; and tectonics and sedimentation. It was founded in 1946 by the United States Congress...

, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated the volcanic activity and seismicity of nearby Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost historically active volcano on Earth, the second highest volcano in Antarctica , and the 6th highest ultra mountain on an island. With a summit elevation of , it is located on Ross Island, which is also home to three inactive volcanoes, notably Mount...

in 1981-82 and 1982-83.
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