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 Rocks (AUS) | 75° 37' 00.1" S | 158° 37' 59.9" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2393
Place ID: 13155
A group of rocks lying 6.4 km north-west of Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mtns., Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS. |
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| Sheppard Rocks (NZL) | 75° 37' 00.0" S | 158° 38' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 139821
Place ID: 13155
A group of rocks rising to c.1720m, 23km northwest of Benson Knob in the Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. |
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| Sheppard Rocks (USA) | 75° 37' 00.0" S | 158° 38' 00.0" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 131519
Place ID: 13155
A group of rocks lying 4 mi NW of Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for Paul D. Sheppard, storekeeper with the South Pole Station winter party in 1966. |
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