Cowie Dome
| Cowie Dome | ||
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| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 152 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Cowie Dome is a domed mountain in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 3 km west of Lee Peak on the east side of the Bartlett Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after George Donald Cowie, who headed the 1969-1970 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , whose participants visited the area around this mountain.
Web links
- Cowie Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cowie Dome on geographic.org (English)