Discovery and Naming
Dome F is an ice dome rising to about 3,700 m in eastern Queen Maud Land. In 1963-64, a Soviet Antarctic Expedition oversnow traverse crossed the north part of the dome at an elevation of over 3,600 meters. The feature was delineated by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio-echo sounding program, 1967-79. It was named Valkyrie Dome after the Valkyrie of Norse mythology, who carried aloft those that had fallen in battle.
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