Sheppard Point
| Sheppard Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 22 ′ S , 56 ° 59 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Trinity Peninsula | |
| Waters | Antarctic Sound | |
| Waters 2 | Hope Bay | |
The Sheppard Point is a promontory at the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It marks the north side of the entrance from Antarctic Sound to Hope Bay .
It was discovered by Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-1960), deputy leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), who wintered with a team in 1903 at Hope Bay. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey named them after Robert Carl Sheppard (1897-1954), head of the scientific station of the survey in Hope Bay.
Web links
- Sheppard Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sheppard Point on geographic.org (English)