Beacon Dome
| Beacon Dome | ||
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| height | 3010 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Beacon Dome is a 3010 m high, domed mountain in Marie-Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises at the head of the Griffith Glacier along the Watson Escarpment in the Queen Maud Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. Participants in a campaign from 1969 to 1970 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it so because the granite rock was on The foot of the mountain is criss-crossed by layers of sandstone from the so-called Beacon Supergroup .
Web links
- Beacon Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beacon Dome on geographic.org (English)