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[[File:MountMoultonMap.jpg|400px|thumb|Map showing Mount Moulton directly opposite the Kohler Dome]] | |||
The '''Kohler Dome''' (76°2′S 134°17′W) is a rounded, snow-covered elevation at 2,680 meters (8,800 ft) that rises slightly above the general level of the extreme eastern part of the [[Mount Moulton]] massif, in [[Westarctica]]. | The '''Kohler Dome''' (76°2′S 134°17′W) is a rounded, snow-covered elevation at 2,680 meters (8,800 ft) that rises slightly above the general level of the extreme eastern part of the [[Mount Moulton]] massif, in [[Westarctica]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, 11 May 2018
The Kohler Dome (76°2′S 134°17′W) is a rounded, snow-covered elevation at 2,680 meters (8,800 ft) that rises slightly above the general level of the extreme eastern part of the Mount Moulton massif, in Westarctica.
Discovery and name
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the formation after Robert E. Kohler of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, a geomagnetist/seismologist at Byrd Station, 1970.