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)
Talos Dome (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Talos Dome (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Dome
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A large ice dome rising to over 2300m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains. The dome overlies the east margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin.
The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79, and was named after the automaton Talos of Greek mythology, who assisted Minos in the defence of Crete.
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