Williams Air Operating Facility
Williams Air Operating Facility is in Antarctica. Williams Air Operating Facility is situated nearby to Discovery Hut, as well as near the town McMurdo Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Chapel of the Snows is situated 1 km east of Williams Air Operating Facility.
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. Discovery Hut is situated 750 metres northeast of Williams Air Operating Facility.
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 Williams Air Operating Facility.
Williams Air Operating Facility
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.85° or 77° 51′ southLongitude
166.61667° or 166° 37′ eastOpen location code
2VJ85J28+2MGeoNames ID
6638902
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