Marsh Cirque
Mount Hercules is a large, flat-topped, elevated feature between Mount Aeolus and Mount Jason in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for Hercules, a figure in Greek mythology.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hercules, Mount and Jason, Mount.
Hercules, Mount
Peak
Mount Hercules is a large, flat-topped, elevated feature between Mount Aeolus and Mount Jason in the Olympus Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for Hercules, a figure in Greek mythology.
Jason, Mount
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Aeolus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakai Snowfield and Vanda Station.
Nakai Snowfield
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 8 km southwest of Marsh Cirque.
Marsh Cirque
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 1,508 metres
- Description: cirque in Antarctica
- Categories: cirque and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.49187° or 77° 29′ 31″ southLongitude
161.42644° or 161° 25′ 35″ eastElevation
1,508 metres (4,948 feet)Named after
Bruce D. MarshOpen location code
2VJ3GC5G+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 11054055733OpenStreetMap feature
natural=valleyGeoNames ID
6639026Wikidata ID
Q6773301
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Marsh Cirque” goes by many names.
- German: “Marsh Cirque”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marsh Cirque”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vanda Station and Boulder Pavement.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt Hercules and Goldich Crest.
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