Medea Dome

Medea Dome

Medea Dome (66°11′S 62°3′W / 66.183°S 62.05°W / -66.183; -62.05) is a snow dome, 350 m, marking the east end of Philippi Rise on the east coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. Named in 1956 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Jason Peninsula. Medea helped Jason to obtain the golden fleece and later became his wife.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Medea Dome" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).