Shepard Island
Shepard Island is an island about 11 nautical miles long, lying 6 nautical miles west of Grant Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the Getz Ice Shelf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Shepard Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Shepard Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shepard Island”
- Chinese: “謝潑德島”
- Chinese: “谢泼德岛”
- Dutch: “Shepard Island”
- French: “île Shepard”
- French: “Île Shepard”
- German: “Shepard-Insel”
- Italian: “Isola Shepard”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “John Shepard Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shepard Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Shepard”
- Swedish: “Shepard Island”
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