Dingsør Dome
| Dingsør Dome | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Dingsør Dome is a small ice dome on the Lars Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 17.5 km south of Point Williams .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered it in February 1931. Mawson named the ice dome after Bernt Theodor Dingsør (1891 – unknown), whaling inspector for the Norwegian government, who at Had helped out with coal on board the Kosmos Mawson's expedition on December 29, 1930 .
Web links
- Dingsør Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dingsør Dome on geographic.org (English)