Novosilsky dome
| Novosilsky dome | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 49 '33 " S , 100 ° 42' 41" E | |
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| Type | Ice dome | |
The Novosilki Dome ( Russian Купол Новосильского Kupol Novosilskowo ) is an ice dome off the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkes Land . It rises in the northern part of the Shackleton Ice Shelf .
Russian scientists named them. It is named after Lieutenant Pawel M. Nowosilski, an officer of the Mirny under Captain Michail Lasarew in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Novosilskogo Dome in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)