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Dotson Ice ShelfDotson Ice Shelf (74º24´S 112º22´W) is an ice shelf about 48 km (30 mi) wide between Martin and Bear Peninsulas on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by USGS from air photos obtained by USN Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. William A. Dotson, USN, formerly Officer in Charge of the Ice Reconnaissance Unit of the Naval Oceanographic Office, killed in a plane crash in Alaska in November 1964 while on an ice reconnaissance mission. |
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