Dodson Peninsula
| Dodson Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 32 ′ S , 64 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Orville Coast , Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Hansen Inlet | |
| length | 60 km | |
The Dodson Peninsula is an icy, around 60 km long peninsula at the Orville Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies south of Hansen Inlet and is completely enclosed by the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf on its western flank.
She was discovered during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . Ronne named the peninsula in honor of two contributors to his expedition: Henry LeLuce Dodson (1896-1969) was director of the American Antarctic Society , which acted as the organizing body for the research trip. The second namesake is his son Robert Haskins Thomas Dodson (* 1926), assistant geologist, geodesist and lead dog sled driver at Ronne's research trip.
Web links
- Dodson Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dodson Peninsula on geographic.org (English)