COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

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King Dome

Place ID: 20306
Name ID: 140167

Feature type: Dome

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This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Dome rising to about 1350 m on the west side of Fowler Peninsula, Zumberge Coast, about 50 km to the west of Haag Nunataks. Named for Dr Edward King (b.1954), geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey from 1986. King used seismic techniques to study the structure of the Antarctic continent and surrounding ocean floor. Subsequently, he was a key part of a team that developed and used ground-penetrating radar techniques to study ice stream dynamics, including work on nearby Carlson Inlet and Evans Ice Stream. King used the instruments to undertake the first detailed geophysical study of subglacial landforms beneath any active ice sheet at the nearby Rutford Ice Stream. Awarded the Polar Medal (1999). The feature lies to the south of Evans Ice Stream, named for Dr Stanley Evans (b. 1929), British physicist who, from 1961, developed the apparatus and technique for radio echo-sounding of ice caps and glaciers.

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Named for Dr Edward King (b.1954), geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey from 1986. King used seismic techniques to study the structure of the Antarctic continent and surrounding ocean floor. Subsequently, he was a key part of a team that developed and used ground-penetrating radar techniques to study ice stream dynamics, including work on nearby Carlson Inlet and Evans Ice Stream. King used the instruments to undertake the first detailed geophysical study of subglacial landforms beneath any active ice sheet at the nearby Rutford Ice Stream. Awarded the Polar Medal (1999).

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