Sheppard Rocks
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Sheppard Rocks () is a group of rocks lying 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Ricker Hills, in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Paul D. Sheppard, storekeeper with the South Pole Station winter party in 1966.
This article incorporates text from Sheppard Rocks, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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