Martin Dome

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Martin Dome
Topographic map of the Miller Range with the Martin Dome (top left)

Topographic map of the Miller Range with the Martin Dome (top left)

height 2810  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Miller Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 83 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 83 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E
Martin Dome (Antarctica)
Martin Dome

The Martin Dome is a snow-covered and up to 2810  m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Miller Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises between the Argosy and Argo glaciers .

The New Zealand Southern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) sighted him in December 1957. Lin H. Martin, head of Scott Base in 1958, is named after him .

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