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 Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sheppard Rocks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A group of rocks rising to c.1720m, 23km northwest of Benson Knob in the Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land.
Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Paul D. Sheppard, storekeeper with the South Pole Station winter party in 1966.
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