Talos Dome

Talos Dome (73°0′S 158°0′E / 73.000°S 158.000°E / -73.000; 158.000) (sometimes spelled Thalos Dome) is a large ice dome rising to 2,300 m to the southwest of the Usarp Mountains in Antarctica.

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.

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Ice core extracted at Talos Dome showing an ash layer corresponding to the Toba supervolcano eruption