Domes
| Domes | ||
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| height | 2545 m | |
| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Borg massif | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Domen is a 2545 m high witness mountain with snow-capped peaks and steep rock faces, which rises immediately southwest of the Høgskavlen in the Borg massif on the Maudheimvidda in the Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
Norwegian cartographers mapped the mountain using geodetic surveys and aerial photographs of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952). The Norwegian name means something like " dome ".
Web links
- Domen Butte in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Domen Butte on geographic.org (English)