Hercules Dome

Hercules Dome is a large ice dome between the Thiel Mountains and the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica. The feature was first mapped by the United States [Geological Survey] from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1959–60. It was further delineated by the Scott [Polar Research Institute] – National Science Foundation – Technical University of Denmark airborne aerial radio echo sounding program, 1967–79, and named after the Lockheed LC-130 Hercules aircraft which was used on all echo sounding flights from 1969. The dome is notable for its unusually high number of subglacial lakes.