# Shepard Island

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Island in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Shepard Island Shepard Island Location in Antarctica Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates 74°25′S 132°30′W / 74.417°S 132.500°W / -74.417; -132.500 (Shepard Island) Length 18 km (11.2 mi) Administration Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System Demographics Population Uninhabited

**Shepard Island** ([74°25′S 132°30′W / 74.417°S 132.500°W / -74.417; -132.500 (Shepard Island)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_25_S_132_30_W_&title=Shepard+Island)) is an [island](/source/Island) about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) long, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of [Grant Island](/source/Grant_Island) off the coast of [Marie Byrd Land](/source/Marie_Byrd_Land), Antarctica. The island is ice capped except at its northern, seaward side, and is almost wholly embedded in the [Getz Ice Shelf](/source/Getz_Ice_Shelf).[1]

## Location

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Shepard Island in center of map

Shepard Island is in the north of the [Getz Ice Shelf](/source/Getz_Ice_Shelf). [Reynolds Strait](/source/Reynolds_Strait) is on its north side, separating it from [Forrester Island](/source/Forrester_Island_(Antarctica)). [Grant Island](/source/Grant_Island) is to the east. It is home to two [Adélie penguin](/source/Ad%C3%A9lie_penguin) rookeries on its north shore. Features, from west to east, include Worley Point, Mount Petinos, Moran Bluff, Mathewson Point and Mount Colburn.[2]

## Discovery and name

Shepard Island was discovered by the [United States Antarctic Service](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Service) (USAS) Expedition (1939–1941) and named for John Shepard Jr., a contributor to the expedition.[1]

## Features

### Worley Point

Main article: [Worley Point](/source/Worley_Point)

[74°24′S 132°47′W / 74.400°S 132.783°W / -74.400; -132.783](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_24_S_132_47_W_). A rock point, the site of an Adelie penguin rookery, forming the northwest corner of Shepard Island. Like Grant Island, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) eastward, Shepard Island is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf except on the north side. The point was charted from the USS *Glacier* (Captain Edwin A. McDonald, United States Navy) on February 4, 1962. Name applied by the United States [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Richard J. Worley, United States Navy, Medical Officer at South Pole Station, 1969.[3]

### Mount Petinos

[74°25′S 132°43′W / 74.417°S 132.717°W / -74.417; -132.717](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_25_S_132_43_W_). A mountain 500 metres (1,600 ft) high located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) east-southeast of Worley Point in the northwest part of Shepard Island. Mapped from the USS *Glacier* on February 4, 1962. Named for Lieutenant (j.g.) Frank Petinos, United States Navy, First Lieutenant aboard the *Glacier*.[4]

### Moran Bluff

[74°23′S 132°37′W / 74.383°S 132.617°W / -74.383; -132.617](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_23_S_132_37_W_). A steep coastal bluff close west of Mathewson Point on the north side of Shepard Island. The feature was visited by personnel of USS *Glacier* on February 4, 1962. Name applied by US-ACAN for Gerald F. Moran, CM1, United States Navy, construction mechanic who wintered over at [McMurdo Station](/source/McMurdo_Station) (1965) and [Plateau Station](/source/Plateau_Station) (1968), and worked at [Byrd Station](/source/Byrd_Station), summer season 1969-70.[5]

### Mathewson Point

Main article: [Mathewson Point](/source/Mathewson_Point)

[74°23′S 132°33′W / 74.383°S 132.550°W / -74.383; -132.550](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_23_S_132_33_W_). A steep, rocky point at the north tip of Shepard Island. The point, the site of an Adélie penguin rookery, was charted by personnel of the USS *Glacier* on February 4, 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) David S. Mathewson, United States Navy, then supply officer of the *Glacier*.[6]

### Mount Colburn

[74°25′S 132°33′W / 74.417°S 132.550°W / -74.417; -132.550](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shepard_Island&params=74_25_S_132_33_W_). A mountain, 520 metres (1,710 ft) high, rising above the east-central part of Shepard Island. Mapped from the USS *Glacier* on February 4, 1962. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) Richard E. Colburn, United States Navy, Communications Officer on the *Glacier*.[7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995669_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995669_1-1) [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 669.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrant_Island_USGS_2-0)** [Grant Island USGS](#CITEREFGrant_Island_USGS).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995823_3-0)** [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 823.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995571_4-0)** [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 571.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995504_5-0)** [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 504.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995468_6-0)** [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 468.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberts1995144_7-0)** [Alberts 1995](#CITEREFAlberts1995), p. 144.

## Sources

- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), [*Geographic Names of the Antarctic*](https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf) (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03 This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from websites or documents of the [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names).

- [*Grant Island*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74130s5_Ant.Map_Grant_Island.jpg), USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-04-06{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: publisher location ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_publisher_location))

- This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from websites or documents of the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey).

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