Ackley Point
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 of Interest
Highlights include Cone Hill and Sheppard Crater.
Cone Hill
Hill
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.
Sheppard 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.
Ford Rock
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hut Point Peninsula and Scott Base.
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.
Scott Base
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
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.
Ackley Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Antarctica
- Categories: headland, point, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.78888° or 77° 47′ 20″ southLongitude
166.92078° or 166° 55′ 15″ eastElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Named after
US-ACANOpen location code
2VJ86W6C+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 10795762911OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6629048Wikidata ID
Q2563465
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ackley Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ackley Point”
- Chinese: “阿克利角”
- German: “Ackley Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ackley Point”
- Swedish: “Ackley Point”
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