Talos Dome
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Talos Dome is a large ice dome
rising to 2,300 m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains
. The dome overlies the east margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin
. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute
(SPRI)-National Science Foundation
(NSF)-Technical University of Denmark
(TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and was named after Talos of Greek mythology, who assisted Minos in the defense of Crete.
Ice cap
An ice cap is an ice mass that covers less than 50 000 km² of land area . Masses of ice covering more than 50 000 km² are termed an ice sheet....
rising to 2,300 m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains
Usarp Mountains
The Usarp Mountains is a major Antarctic mountain range, lying westward of the Rennick Glacier and trending N-S for about . The feature is bounded to the north by Pryor Glacier and the Wilson Hills...
. The dome overlies the east margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Wilkes Subglacial Basin
Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a large subglacial basin discovered by the United States Victoria Land Traverse 1959-1960...
. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute
Scott Polar Research Institute
The Scott Polar Research Institute is a centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide. It is a sub-department of the Department of Geography in the University of Cambridge, located on Lensfield Road in the south of Cambridge ....
(SPRI)-National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
(NSF)-Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the...
(TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and was named after Talos of Greek mythology, who assisted Minos in the defense of Crete.