Marble Point

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Marble Point

| official_name =

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| settlement_type = Antarctic base

| image_skyline = Secretary Kerry Walks Past a Series of Fuel Tanks After he Landed at Marble Point, Antarctica (30913580195).jpg

| imagesize = 270

| image_caption = Fuel depots and refuge at Marble Point

| image_flag =

| flag_size = 110px

| flag_border = no

| flag_alt =

| image_seal =

| seal_alt =

| image_shield =

| shield_alt =

| nickname =

| motto =

| image_map =

| mapsize = 270px

| map_alt =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Antarctica

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Marble Point in Antarctica

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Marble Point Station in Antarctica

| pushpin_mapsize = 270

| pushpin_relief = yes

| pushpin_label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|77.433333|S|163.833333|E|format=dms|region:AQ|display=inline}}

| coor_pinpoint =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{USA}}

| subdivision_type1 = Location in Antarctica

| subdivision_name1 = Marble Point
Antarctica

| subdivision_type2 =

| subdivision_name2 =

| subdivision_type3 = Administered by

| subdivision_name3 = United States Antarctic Program

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{start date|1956|df=y}}

| extinct_title =

| extinct_date =

| named_for =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = {{bulleted list|Up to 17}}

| population_as_of =

| population_density_km2 =

| population_note =

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 =

| utc_offset1 =

| timezone1_DST =

| utc_offset1_DST =

| blank_name_sec1 = Type

| blank_info_sec1 = Seasonal

| blank1_name_sec1 = Period

| blank1_info_sec1 = Summer

| blank2_name_sec1 = Status

| blank2_info_sec1 = Operational

| blank_name_sec2 = Facilities

| blank_info_sec2 =

| timezone =

| timezone_DST =

| postal_code_type =

| postal_code =

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| iso_code =

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Marble Point Heliport

| ensign =

| ensign_size =

| ensign_alt =

| nativename =

| nativename-a =

| nativename-r =

| image = UH-1N VXE-6 at Marble Point Antarctica 1988.JPEG

| image-width = 270

| image_alt =

| caption = A U.S. Navy UH-1N at Marble Point, 15 June 1988

| image2 =

| image2-width =

| image2_alt =

| caption2 =

| IATA =

| ICAO = GC0079

| FAA =

| TC =

| LID =

| GPS =

| WMO =

| type = Private

| owner-oper =

| owner =

| operator =

| city-served =

| location = Marble Point
Victoria Land

| opened =

| closed =

| passenger_services_ceased =

| hub =

| focus_city =

| built =

| used =

| commander =

| occupants =

| timezone =

| utc =

| summer =

| utcs =

| elevation-f =

| elevation-m =

| metric-elev =

| coordinates = {{coord|77.413055|S|163.678889|E|format=dms|display=inline}}

| website =

| image_map =

| image_mapsize =

| image_map_alt =

| image_map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Antarctica

| pushpin_mapsize = 270

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airfield in Antarctica

| pushpin_relief =

| pushpin_image =

| pushpin_label =

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_mark =

| pushpin_marksize =

| r1-number =

| r1-length-f =

| r1-length-m =

| r1-surface = Gravel

| metric-rwy =

| h1-number =

| h1-length-f =

| h1-length-m =

| h1-surface =

| stat1-header =

| stat1-data =

| stat-year =

| footnotes = {{cite web|url= http://gc.kls2.com/airport/GC0079 |title= Marble point |website=Great Circle Mapper |access-date=August 13, 2018}}

}}

Marble Point is a rocky promontory on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The United States operates a station at the point. The outpost is used as a helicopter refueling station supporting scientific research in the nearby continental interior, such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Dependent upon the weather conditions at the time, helicopters are able to fly in and out of the station 24 hours a day during the summer research season.[http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/oldissues99-2000/99_1128/marblepoint.html "Gas, food and lodging: Marble Point serves up warmth and good cheer"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220452/http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/oldissues99-2000/99_1128/marblepoint.html |date=2007-09-27 }}, The Antarctic Sun. November 28, 1999. It supports operations at nearby McMurdo (US) and Scott (NZ) facilities on Ross Island, and was established in the mid-1950s, like those installations.

The station's remote location and adjoining frozen sea have largely discouraged tourism in the area. However, the Russian icebreaker {{Lang|ru-latn|Kapitan Khlebnikov}} conducts cruises in the Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound. In 1993, the icebreaker docked at fast ice offshore Marble Point. Tourists aboard helicopters launched from the icebreaker flew excursions into the McMurdo Dry Valleys.[http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/qf/index.shtml First Ever Voyages for Expedition Travel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114233822/http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/qf/index.shtml |date=2007-01-14 }} See McMurdo Sound for more on Antarctic tourism.