  We investigate spatial the distribution of the intrinsic extinction in the
starburst dwarf galaxy NGC1569 creating an extinction map of the whole galaxy
derived from the Halpha/Hbeta emission line ratio. We differentiate the
extinction in the HII regions from the extinction of the diffuse gas. The
intrinsic extinction shows considerable variations over the plane of the
galaxy, from negligible extinction up to highest values of A(V)=0.8mag. The
extinction map shows small scale clumpy structures possibly due to a clumpy
dust distribution. We also identify in this map a shell structure, for which we
establish a causal relation with the expanding gas structure produced by the
stellar winds coming from the Super Star Clusters (SSC) in the center of the
galaxy. The comparison of the spatial profiles of the extinction, dust and
gaseous emissions crossing the border of the shell shows a layered structure;
the peak of this Halpha distribution lying closest to the SSC A, followed
outwards by the peak of the extinction and at a still larger distances by the
bulk of the atomic gas. We suggest that the extinction shell has been produced
by the SSCs and that it can be explained by the accumulation of dust at the
border of this ionized gas structure.
