Dingle Dome
| Dingle Dome | ||
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| height | 431 m | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 48 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Dingle Dome is a 431 m high, icy and domed mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . On the Crown Prince Olav Coast, it rises at the northern end of the Sakellari Peninsula .
It was discovered during an overflight in 1956 on the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after William Robert John Dingle (1920-2016), head of Davis station in 1957.
Web links
- Dingle Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dingle Dome on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 430 (English).