Sheppard Rocks
| Sheppard Rocks | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Albert Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 37 ′ S , 158 ° 38 ′ E | |
The Sheppard Rocks are a group of ledges in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains they loom 6 km northwest of the Ricker Hills .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them using the United States Navy's own surveys and aerial photographs from 1956 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1968 after Paul D. Sheppard, warehouse manager at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctic winter 1966.
Web links
- Sheppard Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sheppard Rocks on geographic.org (English)