Feature Name (see definition): Venture Dome

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15953

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 36' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 13' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.6

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 62.2166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1971

Description (see definition): A large, heavily crevassed ice dome about 30 mi S of Mount Twintop in Mac. Robertson Land. The feature had been seen by several parties traveling S from Mawson Station since 1957, but it had been avoided. In 1967, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) surveyor J. Manning selected a route through the crevasses and established a beaconed tellurometer station on it. So named by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) to indicate the risk taken in crossing the dome.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data