Dovers Crater
| Dovers Crater | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 0 ′ S , 73 ° 24 ′ E | |
The Dovers Crater is an approximately 100 m high volcanic crater on the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises on the Azorella Peninsula in the north of the island.
The Australian geologist Robert G. Dovers († 1981), namesake of the crater, set up a benchmark for trigonometric surveys on its southern rim in 1948 during a campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions .
Web links
- Dover's Crater in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)