Taylor Dome

Taylor Dome (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Taylor Dome  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 14455
Name ID: 395

Feature type: Dome

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

An elliptical ice dome about 70 km long ESE-WNW and 25 km wide, rising to 2400 m centered about 46 km WNW of Mount Crean, Lashly Mountains, Victoria Land. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79. The dome is one of the local sources of ice to the Taylor Glacier.

Named For

Griffith Taylor, Geologist

Location

Latitude:
77° 40' 00.1" S
-77.66670°
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Longitude:
157° 40' 00.1" E
157.66670°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
27-Apr-1995

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