Moore Dome
| Moore Dome | ||
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 Topographic map of the Bear Peninsula with the Moore Dome (top left) |
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 111 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Moore Dome is a 700 m high and, when viewed from above, circular ice dome with a diameter of 25 km on the Walgreen coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It forms the northwestern part of the Bear Peninsula .
The United States Geological Survey mapped him using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946-1947) from 1947 and the United States Navy from 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after 1977 Robert G. Moore, captain of the USCGC Burton Island on exploratory trips to the Ross Sea , Pine Island Bay and the Antarctic Peninsula between 1974 and 1975.
Web links
- Moore Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moore Dome on geographic.org (English)