Argus, Dome

Dome A or Dome Argus is the highest ice dome on the , located 1,200 km inland. It is thought to be the , with temperatures believed to reach −90 to −98 °C.
Wikipedia
  • Peak rising to 4,093 metres (13,428 feet)
  • Description: an ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau
  • Also known as
    “Dome A”
    “Dome Argus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kunlun.
Station is the southernmost of five Chinese research stations in .

Argus, Dome

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Latitude
-80.36667° or 80° 22′ south
Longitude
77.34987° or 77° 20′ 60″ east
Open location code
2JFVJ8MX+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 529459463
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6639262
Wiki­data ID
Q593197

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Argus, Dome” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “A Domoa”
  • Catalan: “Dom A”
  • Chinese: “冰穹A”
  • Czech: “Dome A”
  • Dutch: “Dome A”
  • Esperanto: “Kupolo A”
  • French: “Dôme A”
  • German: “Dome A”
  • Italian: “Dome A”
  • Japanese: “ドームA”
  • Korean: “돔 A”
  • Latvian: “Arga leduskupols”
  • Macedonian: “Купола А”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dome A”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dome A”
  • Norwegian: “Dome A”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dòma A”
  • Polish: “Dome A”
  • Portuguese: “Domo A”
  • Spanish: “Domo A”
  • Ukrainian: “Купол А”

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