Law Dome
Law Dome is a large ice dome which rises to 1,395 metres directly south of Cape Poinsett, Antarctica. The feature was roughly mapped by the United States Geological Survey from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and has been the subject of intensive glaciological and geophysical surveys by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions between 1962 and 1965.- Type: Icecap dome with an elevation of 1,395 metres
- Description: ice dome in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Lo kupols”, “Lo ledus kupols”, and “Phillip Law Dome”
Law Dome
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.73333° or 66° 44′ south
Longitude
112.83333° or 112° 50′ east
Elevation
1,395 metres (4,577 feet)
Open location code
3P5J7R8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Law Dome” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Law Dome”
- Chinese: “羅穹”
- German: “Law Dome”
- Hebrew: “כיפת לא”
- Japanese: “ロー・ドーム”
- Latvian: “Lo leduskupols”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Law Dome”
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