Second Crater
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arrival Heights and Danger Slopes.
Arrival Heights
Peak
Photo: Dan smale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arrival Heights are clifflike heights which extend in a north-east–south-west direction along the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, just north of Hut Point in Ross Island, Antarctica.
Danger Slopes
Peak
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
First Crater
Volcano
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hut Point Peninsula and Fortress Rocks.
Hut Point Peninsula
Locality
Photo: Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
Fortress Rocks
Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station and Scott Base are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.
McMurdo Station
Town
The Ross Sea in Antarctica is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
Second Crater
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 12 metres
- Description: volcanic crater at Ross Island, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.82161° or 77° 49′ 18″ southLongitude
166.68572° or 166° 41′ 9″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
2VJ85MHP+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 10572010309OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Second Crater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Second Crater”
- Dutch: “Second Crater”
- Esperanto: “Dua Kratero”
- German: “Second Crater”
- Ladin: “Second Crater”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Second Crater”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Second Crater”
- Swedish: “Second Crater”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Danger Slopes and Ski Slope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arrival Heights Laboratory and Starr Lake.
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