Crater 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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Twin Crater and Observation Hill.
Twin 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.
Observation Hill
Peak
Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.
Starr Lake
Lake
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.
Crater Hill
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 335 metres
- Description: hill on Ross Island, Antarctica
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.83898° or 77° 50′ 20″ southLongitude
166.72491° or 166° 43′ 30″ eastElevation
335 metres (1,099 feet)Open location code
2VJ85P6F+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 7663890836OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Crater Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Crater Hill”
- Dutch: “Crater Hill”
- German: “Crater Hill”
- Swedish: “Crater Hill”
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