Arrival Heights
Arrival Heights are clifflike heights which extend in a north-east–south-west direction along the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, just north of Hut Point in Ross Island, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dan smale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include First Crater and Second Crater.
First 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.
Second 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.
Arrival Heights Laboratory
Dwelling
The Arrival Heights Laboratory is located in the Antarctic Specially Protected Area number 122 of Arrival Heights in Antarctica. The laboratory is staffed by personnel from both McMurdo Station and Scott Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortress Rocks and 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.
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.
McMurdo Station
Town
The Ross Sea in Antarctica is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.
Arrival Heights
- Type: Peak
- Description: Ross Island, Antarctica
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.8267° or 77° 49′ 36″ southLongitude
166.66028° or 166° 39′ 37″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
2VJ85MF6+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 11109072134OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Arrival Heights” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Arrival Heights”
- Chinese: “厄賴弗爾高地”
- Dutch: “Arrival Heights”
- French: “Arrival Heights”
- German: “Arrival Heights”
- Italian: “Arrival Heights”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arrival Heights”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arrival Heights”
- Norwegian: “Arrival Heights”
- Swedish: “Arrival Heights”
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