Mount Marks () is a broad ice-covered mountain rising to north-northwest of Mount Speyer in the

Worcester Range The Worcester Range is a mountain range in Antarctica standing between the Skelton Glacier, Skelton and Mulock Glaciers on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of earl ...

of Antarctica. It was named after

Rodney Marks Rodney David Marks (13 March 1968 – 12 May 2000) was an Australian astrophysicist who died from methanol poisoning while working in Antarctica. Early life Marks was born in Geelong, Victoria in Australia and received his education from the ...

(1968–2000), an Australian citizen who died while conducting astrophysical research as a member of the 2000 winter party at the National Science Foundation South Pole Station. He was employed by the

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution, concentrating on astrophysical studies including galactic and extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, solar, earth and planetary sciences, the ...

, working on the

Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory, or AST/RO, was a 1.7 meter diameter off-axis telescope for research in astronomy and aeronomy at wavelengths between 0.2 and 2 mm. The instrument operated between 1994 and 2005 at the ...

, a research project of the University of Chicago's

Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

(CARA). He had previously spent the 1998 winter at the Pole as part of CARA's

South Pole Infrared Explorer South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

project.

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