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Hut Point Peninsula

Index Hut Point Peninsula

Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from wide and long, projecting south-west from the slopes of Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Antarctic Specially Protected Area, Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Basalt, Bernard Stonehouse, Cape Evans, Cinder cone, Discovery Expedition, Discovery Hut, Headland, Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica, Lava dome, McMurdo Station, Mount Erebus, Robert Falcon Scott, Ross Island, Scott Base, Terra Nova Expedition, Thelma Rodgers, United States Board on Geographic Names, Volcanic crater.

  2. 1910s establishments in Antarctica
  3. Landforms of Ross Island
  4. Peninsulas of the Ross Dependency

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

An Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) is an area on the continent of Antarctica, or on nearby islands, which is protected by scientists and several different international bodies. Hut Point Peninsula and Antarctic Specially Protected Area are Antarctic Specially Protected Areas.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Bernard Stonehouse

Bernard Stonehouse (1 May 1926 – 12 November 2014) was a British scientist who specialised in animal behaviour, polar research and popular science.

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Cape Evans

Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Hut Point Peninsula and cape Evans are Antarctic Specially Protected Areas and historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Cinder cone

A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.

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Discovery Expedition

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

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Discovery Hut

Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904 in 1902 and is located at Hut Point on Ross Island by McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

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Headland

A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

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Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica

A Historic Site or Monument (HSM) is a protected location of historic interest on the continent of Antarctica, or on its adjacent islands. Hut Point Peninsula and historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica are historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Lava dome

In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.

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McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. Hut Point Peninsula and McMurdo Station are historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley), the highest active volcano in Antarctica, and the southernmost active volcano on Earth. Hut Point Peninsula and Mount Erebus are historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.

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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.

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Scott Base

Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. Hut Point Peninsula and Scott Base are historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica.

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Terra Nova Expedition

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.

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Thelma Rodgers

Thelma Ann Rodgers (1 December 1947 – 12 October 2021) was a New Zealand Antarctic science technician and architect.

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United States Board on Geographic Names

The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior.

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Volcanic crater

A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.

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See also

1910s establishments in Antarctica

Landforms of Ross Island

Peninsulas of the Ross Dependency

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hut_Point_Peninsula

Also known as Ackley Point, Black Knob, Boulder Cones, Cape Armitage, Centipede Nunatak, Cone Hill, Crater Hill (Antarctica), Danger Slopes, First Crater, Ford Rock, Fortress Rocks, Half Moon Crater, Hut Point, Knob Point (Ross Island), Polar Bear Point, Pram Point, Rodgers Point, Second Crater, Sheppard Crater, Starr Lake (McMurdo Station), The Gap (Antarctica), Twin Crater.