Hercules Dome
| Hercules Dome | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 105 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Hercules Dome is a large ice dome in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It rises from the Antarctic Ice Sheet between the Thiel Mountains and the Horlick Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy from 1959 to 1960. Its extent was determined using sonar tracking as part of a joint program between the Scott Polar Research Institute , the National Science Foundation and Denmark's Technical University between 1967 and 1979 determined. It is named after the Lockheed C-130 Hercules , which has been in service on flights in this program since 1969.
Web links
- Hercules Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hercules Dome on geographic.org (English)