Kupol Persej

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Kupol Persej (Kupol Sadko)
location Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates 70 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  S , 7 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 70 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  S , 7 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
Kupol Persej (Antarctica)
Kupol Persej
Type Ice dome
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The Kupol Persej ( English transcription from Russian Купол Персей Kupol Persei , German 'Perseus-Kuppel' ) is an ice dome on the Princess Astrid coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Land .

Russian scientists named it after a Soviet ship from the 1930s used for oceanographic studies in the Arctic . Among the identical geographic coordinates, an ice dome is known under the name Kupol Sadko ( Russian Купол Садко ), which was named after the icebreaker Sadko , who was also in use in the 1930s.

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