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Sheppard Crater

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Sheppard Crater (77°48′S 166°50′E) is a distinctive breached crater rising to 200 m about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of Castle Rock on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island. Named in 2000 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) after Deirdre Jeanette Sheppard, DSIR Antarctic Division/NZAP/Antarctica NZ librarian, 1980–96, who worked one season at Vanda Station.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Sheppard Crater" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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