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This page presents the geographical name data for
Sheppard Rocks in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Sheppard Rocks
Feature Class
(see definition):
Summit
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
13713
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
75° 37' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
158° 38' 00" E
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-75.6166667
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
158.6333333
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1968
Description
(see definition):
A group of rocks lying 4 mi NW of 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.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Sheppard Rocks in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Sheppard Rocks information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Sheppard Rocks should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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