Shepherd Dome

Shepherd Dome (74°52′S 99°33′W / 74.867°S 99.550°W / -74.867; -99.550Coordinates: 74°52′S 99°33′W / 74.867°S 99.550°W / -74.867; -99.550) is a low dome-shaped mountain at the north side of Pine Island Glacier, standing 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Manthe in the south part of the Hudson Mountains. It was mapped from air photos made by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946-47. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald C. Shepherd, an ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1967.

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