Half Moon 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 Castle Rock and Boulder Cones.
Castle Rock
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Rock is a bold rock crag, 415 metres high, standing 3 nautical miles northeast of Hut Point on the central ridge of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica.
Boulder Cones
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.
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.
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.
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.
Half Moon Crater
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 143 metres
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.80708° or 77° 48′ 26″ southLongitude
166.74934° or 166° 44′ 58″ eastElevation
143 metres (469 feet)Open location code
2VJ85PVX+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 10572010318OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Half Moon Crater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Half Moon Crater”
- Dutch: “Half Moon Crater”
- German: “Half Moon Crater”
- Ladin: “Half Moon Crater”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Half Moon Crater”
- Swedish: “Half Moon Crater”
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Notable Places Nearby
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