Law Dome (66°44′S 112°50′E) is a large ice dome which rises to 1,395 m directly south of Cape Poinsett. The feature was roughly mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. The dome has been the subject of intensive glaciological and geophysical surveys by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) between 1962 and 1965. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Operation Highjump was a United States Navy operation in Antarctica from 1946-47, the largest effort in the southmost continent to this day. ... Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (acronym ANARE is normally pronounced an-ah-ree) has since 1947 served Australia in south polar regions. ...

Law Dome is named by ANCA for Phillip G. Law, Director of the Antarctic Division, Australian Department of External Affairs from 1949 to 1966. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are antibodies against antigens in the cytoplasm of neutrophil granulocytes (the most common type of white blood cell). ...

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.