Hutton Rocks
Hutton Rocks is a hill in Antarctica. Hutton Rocks is situated nearby to the town McMurdo Station, as well as near the locality Fortress Rocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel of the Snows and Observation Hill.
Chapel of the Snows
Church
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
The Chapel of the Snows is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' McMurdo Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989.
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.
Discovery Hut
Hut
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.
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.
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. Scott Base is situated 3½ km east of Hutton Rocks.
Hutton Rocks
- Type: Hill
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Hutton Rocks from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hutton Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hutton Rocks”
- Dutch: “Hutton Rocks”
- German: “Hutton Rocks”
- Swedish: “Hutton Rocks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lands End and Chocolate, Cape.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Middle Crater and Hut Point.
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