Kraków Dome
Kraków Dome is the ice dome covering Kraków Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Kopula Krakowa, after Kraków, the old capital of Poland, was applied to this feature by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
- Type: Water
- Description: ice dome in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Krakow Icefield”, “Kraków Icefield”, and “Kraków Icefield (Dome,Peninsula)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
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The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 9 km northwest of Kraków Dome.
Kraków Dome
- Categories: ice dome and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Kraków Dome from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Kraków Dome” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克拉科夫穹”
- French: “Dôme Cracovie”
- French: “Dôme Kraków”
- German: “Kraków Dome”
- Italian: “Duomo Cracovia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krakow Dome”
- Polish: “Kopuła Krakowa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Comandante Ferraz and Henryk Arctowski Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kraków Peninsula and Arctowski Dome.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kraków Dome”. Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.