Kupol Korolëva
| Kupol Korolëva | ||
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| location | Tsiolkovsky Island , Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 4 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Kupol Korolëva ( English transcription from Russian Купол Королёва Kupol Koroljowa , German Koroljow-Kuppel ) is an ice dome in the ice shelf belt of the Princess Martha coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .
Russian scientists named it after the rocket designer Sergei Koroljow (1907-1966), the key figure in the Soviet space program.
Web links
- Korolëva, Kupol in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)