Rotch Dome
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 Map of Livingston Island (center) with the Rotch Dome |
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| height | 360 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 52 ′ 59 ″ W | |
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The Rotch Dome is a 360 m high, snow-covered and domed mountain in the western part of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises just east of the Byers Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1958 after the brothers William (1734-1828) and Francis Rotch (1750-1822), American whaling entrepreneurs in Nantucket and New Bedford , who were among the pioneers of whaling in the Antarctic.
Web links
- Rotch Dome in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rotch Dome on geographic.org (English)