Earth:Kraków Dome

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Kraków Dome viewed from across the Admiralty Bay

Kraków Dome ( [ ⚑ ] : 62°7′S 58°15′W / 62.117°S 58.25°W / -62.117; -58.25) is the ice dome covering Kraków Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name Kopula Krakowa (Kraków Dome), after Kraków, the old capital of Poland, was applied to this feature by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980.[1]

See also

  • Stwosz Icefall

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Kraków Dome" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).