Sheppard 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 |
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 200 metres
- Description: volcanic crater at Ross Island, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Breached Cone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Rock and Half Moon Crater.
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.
Half Moon 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.
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.
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.
Sheppard Crater
- Categories: volcanic crater and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.80519° or 77° 48′ 19″ southLongitude
166.8417° or 166° 50′ 30″ eastElevation
200 metres (656 feet)Named after
Deirdre Jeanette SheppardOpen location code
2VJ85RVR+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 10572010315OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcanoGeoNames ID
6629148Wikidata ID
Q7494531
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sheppard Crater” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sheppard Crater”
- Dutch: “Sheppard Crater”
- German: “Sheppard Crater”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheppard Crater”
- Swedish: “Sheppard Crater”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kiwi Ski Hill and Castle Rock.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sheppard Crater”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.