Ford Rock
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 Cone Hill and Centipede Nunatak.
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.
Centipede Nunatak
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.
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. Hut Point Peninsula is situated 9 km southwest of Ford Rock.
Ford Rock
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 154 metres
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.7616° or 77° 45′ 42″ southLongitude
166.89804° or 166° 53′ 53″ eastElevation
154 metres (505 feet)Named after
M R J FordOpen location code
2VJ86VQX+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 9099482525OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6633316Wikidata ID
Q5467916
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ford Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ford Rock”
- Chinese: “福特岩”
- Dutch: “Ford Rock”
- German: “Ford Rock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ford Rock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ford Rock”
- Norwegian: “Ford Rock”
- Swedish: “Ford Rock (kulle)”
- Swedish: “Ford Rock”
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