Feature Name (see definition): Pearce Dome

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 17488

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 20' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.3333333

Elevation (see definition): 789

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1999

Description (see definition): A dome shaped mountain rising to 789 m that is snow and ice free on the N slopes and is situated about 0.5 mi WNW of Khufu Peak and 0.6 mi due E of Blodwen Peak. The feature was referred to descriptively as The Snow Dome in scientific reports in the early 1960s, and referred to as Dome by those working in the area. Named for C.J. Pearce, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Meteorologist who spent the first winter season (1961) at Fossil Bluff along with B.J. Taylor and J.P. Smith.

Date Created (see definition): 01/21/1999

Date Edited (see definition): No data