Law Dome
| Law Dome | ||
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| height | 1395 m | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 112 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Law Dome is a large and 1395 m high ice dome on the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It is almost circular, measures 200 km in diameter and rises immediately south of Cape Poinsett .
The ice dome was the subject of intensive glaciological and geophysical research as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1962 to 1965 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him on August 10, 1966 after the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law (1912-2010), head of the Australian Antarctic Division from 1949 to 1966.
Web links
- Law Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Law Dome on geographic.org (English)