Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Sheppard, Punta (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sheppard, Punta (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point (8)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue descubierta en un reconocimiento al mando de J. Gunnar Andersson de la Expedición de los años 1901-1904, quien invernó en el año 1903 en bahía Hope. El FIDS lo denominó así por R. Sheppard, comandante del "Eagle". Constituye el lado N de la entrada a bahía Hope. Es una saliente costera bastante aguda, se caracteriza por presentar en su extremo SE un nunatak cónico de 60 mts. de altura muy útil para identificarlas.
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