Talos Dome

Research station · Italy · seasonal

Talos Dome is a camp run by Italy. It sits at 72°50'S 159°12'E, 1,909 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 202,659 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →

OperatorItaly

TypeCamp

SeasonalitySeasonal

StatusOpen

Position72°50'S 159°12'E

Decimal-72.8302, 159.2004

Distance to pole1,909 km

Ice it is nearest to202,659 km²

Nearest stations

Great-circle distance. Antarctic logistics run on proximity — these are the neighbours a station shares weather, flights and emergencies with.

Nearest penguin colonies

Known breeding sites within reach. Locations only — no counts. Estimating colony size from satellite imagery does not yet work, so this site publishes no abundance figures.

Wood Bay (Edmonson Point)

Victoria Land

250 km

Northern Foothills (Terra Nova Bay)

Talos Dome in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.

Within 361 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.