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Half Moon Crater

Coordinates: 77°48′28″S 166°44′50″E / 77.80778°S 166.74722°E / -77.80778; 166.74722
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Half Moon Crater (77°48′28″S 166°44′50″E / 77.80778°S 166.74722°E / -77.80778; 166.74722) is a volcanic crater 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) southwest of Castle Rock on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Antarctica. It was descriptively named for its shape by Frank Debenham of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who made a plane table survey of the peninsula in 1912.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Half Moon Crater". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-16.

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