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			[[File:Shepherd Dome.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Map showing the location of Shepherd Dome between the Hudson Mountains and Pine Island Glacier]]
	'''Shepherd Dome''' (74°52′S 99°33′W) is a low dome-shaped mountain at the north side of the [[Pine Island Glacier]]. It stands 4 miles (6 km) southwest of [[Mount Manthe]] in the south part of the [[Hudson Mountains]].		'''Shepherd Dome''' (74°52′S 99°33′W) is a low dome-shaped mountain at the north side of the [[Pine Island Glacier]]. It stands 4 miles (6 km) southwest of [[Mount Manthe]] in the south part of the [[Hudson Mountains]].

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	The dome was mapped from air photos made by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in 1946–47. Shepherd Dome was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Donald C. Shepherd, an ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967.		The dome was mapped from air photos made by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in 1946–47. Shepherd Dome was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Donald C. Shepherd, an ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967.

			==Peerage title==
			On 25 August 2020, Antonio Carlos Machado was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Count of Shepherd Dome in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]]. This title should not be confused with the similarly-named Count of Shepard, which is tied to [[Shepard Island]].

	[[Category: Mountains]]		[[Category: Mountains]]

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'''Shepherd Dome''' (74°52′S 99°33′W) is a low dome-shaped mountain at the north side of the [[Pine Island Glacier]]. It stands 4 miles (6 km) southwest of [[Mount Manthe]] in the south part of the [[Hudson Mountains]].

==Discovery and name==
The dome was mapped from air photos made by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in 1946–47. Shepherd Dome was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Donald C. Shepherd, an ionospheric physicist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967.

[[Category: Mountains]]