Fortress Rocks
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.Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twin Crater and Chapel of the Snows.
Twin 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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMurdo Station and 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.
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.
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.
Fortress Rocks
- Type: Locality
- Categories: landform, hill, and rock
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.84359° or 77° 50′ 37″ southLongitude
166.69125° or 166° 41′ 29″ eastOpen location code
2VJ85M4R+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 9217223293OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5472733
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fortress Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fortress Rocks”
- Chinese: “城堡岩”
- Dutch: “Fortress Rocks”
- German: “Fortress Rocks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fortress Rocks”
- Swedish: “Fortress Rocks”
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