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)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sheppard Nunatak (RUS) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 56° 58' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 120542 Place ID: 13153 | |||
| Sheppard Nunatak (GBR) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 56° 58' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 111150
Place ID: 13153
rising to 200m NNW of Sheppard Point (q.v.), Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS in 1945 and named after Capt. R. C. Sheppard, in association with the point (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.19; DOS 310 Hope Bay sheet, 1961); resurveyed by FIDS in December 1954. |
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| Sheppard Nunatak (USA) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 56° 59' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
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Name ID: 131517
Place ID: 13153
Conical nunatak 60 m high which stands close N of Sheppard Point, the N side of the entrance to Hope Bay, at the NE end of Antarctic Peninsula. This area was first explored by a party of the SwedAE 1901-04. The nunatak was charted in 1945 by the FIDS, and named by them for its association with Sheppard Point. |
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| Sheppard, nunatak (ARG) | 63° 22' 00.0" S | 56° 58' 00.0" W | Nunatak |
| Name ID: 102163 Place ID: 13153 | |||
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