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Ackley Point
Ackley Point is an ice-covered point southeast of Cone Hill on the east side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island.
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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.
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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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Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.
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Bernard Stonehouse
Dr Bernard Stonehouse (1 May 1926 – 12 November 2014) was a British scientist who specialised in polar research and popular science.
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Black Knob
Black Knob is a descriptive name for a big black rock outcrop west of Twin Crater on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island.
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Boulder Cones
The Boulder Cones are volcanic cones southwest of Castle Rock on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island.
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Cape Armitage
Cape Armitage is a cape forming the south end of Hut Point Peninsula and the southernmost point on Ross Island.
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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.
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Castle Rock (Antarctica)
Castle Rock is a bold rock crag, high, standing northeast of Hut Point on the central ridge of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island.
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Cinder cone
A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.
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Discovery Expedition
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier.
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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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First Crater
First Crater is a volcanic crater on Arrival Heights, located north of Hut Point on Ross Island.
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Half Moon Crater
Half Moon Crater is a volcanic crater southwest of Castle Rock on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica.
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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.
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Lava dome
In volcanology, a lava dome or volcanic dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.
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McMurdo Station
The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.
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Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
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Observation Hill (McMurdo Station)
Observation Hill is a steep hill adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill." It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.
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Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904) and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913).
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Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.
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Scott Base
The Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research facility located at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
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Second Crater
Second Crater is a volcanic crater on Arrival Heights, situated 0.6 nautical miles (1.1 km) northeast of First Crater on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island.
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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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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hut_Point_Peninsula
