Dodson Rocks
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| location | Single Island | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 53 ' S , 68 ° 24' E | |
The Dodson Rocks are two small and dark ledges on the south side of Single Island in the western section of the Amery Ice Shelf off the coast of the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land .
Participants of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) discovered it in 1969 during an overflight. Aerial photos were taken in 1971 during another campaign in this series of expeditions. It is named after Richard G. Dodson, chief geologist for the ANARE campaign in the Prince Charles Mountains in 1971.
Web links
- Dodson Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dodson Rocks on geographic.org (English)