Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Atka-Eiskuppel (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Atka-Eiskuppel (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Ice rise (2d)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A small dome-shaped ice rise forming the S border of Atka Iceport (Norwegian name Atkabukta; German used name Atkabucht); 15 km ESE of the German Research Station 'Georg von Neumayer I' (inaugurated in 1981, deconstructed and replaced by Neumayer-Station II in 1993) and 10 km E of 'Neumayer-Station III' (inaugurated in 2009), Ekströmisen, Kronprinsesse Märtha Kyst, Maudheimvidda, Neuschwabenland, Dronning Maud Land. Named during German expedition "Antarktis IV'1985/56.
Atka, name of an US icebreaker that inspected the bay in 1951 and named it "Atka Iceport'.
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