Person
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne
French explorer
Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (22 May 1724 – 12 June 1772), with the surname sometimes spelt Dufresne, is a French explorer who makes important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand, where he dies.
He is commemorated in various place names, as well as in the name of the research vessel providing logistical support to the French Southern Territories of Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen, the Marion Dufresne II.