Dotson Ridge
| Dotson Ridge | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | Nunatak | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Dotson Ridge is a 1640 m high nunatak in the shape of a mountain ridge in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range it rises over a length of 2.5 km in the northwest section of the flight deck firn field .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the Nunatak using its own measurements and aerial photographs by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after Morris F. Dotson, an electrician at McMurdo Station in 1962.
Web links
- Dotson Ridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dotson Ridge on geographic.org (English)