Fuller Dome
| Fuller Dome | ||
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| height | 2580 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Rawson Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Fuller Dome is a 2580 m high, domed and icy mountain in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it looms at the northwest end of the Rawson Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1967 after CE Fuller, warehouse manager for the VX-6 flight squadron during the Deep Freeze operations of the Years 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Fuller Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fuller Dome on geographic.org (English)