Knob Point
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 Boulder Cones and Danger Slopes.
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.
Danger Slopes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Knob Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: point on the west coast of Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island, Antarctica
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.80115° or 77° 48′ 4″ southLongitude
166.67436° or 166° 40′ 28″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
2VJ85MXF+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7663890834OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Knob Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Knob Point”
- Chinese: “諾布角”
- French: “Knob Point”
- German: “Knob Point”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knob Point”
- Swedish: “Knob Point (udde i Antarktis)”
- Swedish: “Knob Point”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Danger Slopes and Ski Slope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Third Crater and Second Crater.
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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 “Knob Point”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.