Dotson Ice Shelf
{{short description|Ice shelf in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica}}
File:Dotson edge (30825385386).jpg
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Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about {{convert|30|mi|-1}} wide between Martin Peninsula and Bear Peninsula on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. It was first mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photos obtained by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant William A. Dotson, US Navy, 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.
File:C74112s5 Ant.Map Martin Peninsula.jpg|Dotson Ice Shelf in east of map
File:C74108s1 Ant.Map Bear Peninsula.jpg|Dotson Ice Shelf in west of map
Further reading
- David A. Lilien, Ian Joughin, Benjamin Smith, and David E. Shean, [https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/1415/2018/tc-12-1415-2018.pdf Changes in flow of Crosson and Dotson ice shelves, West Antarctica, in response to elevated melt], The Cryosphere, 12, 1415–1431, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1415-2018
- Goldberg, D. N., Gourmelen, N., Kimura, S., Millan, R., & Snow, K., [https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2018GL080383 How Accurately Should We Model Ice Shelf Melt Rates?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307042638/https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2018GL080383 |date=2022-03-07 }}, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 189–199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080383
References
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{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 4005| name = Dotson Ice Shelf| accessdate = 2012-01-26}}
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Category:Ice shelves of Antarctica
Category:Bodies of ice of Marie Byrd Land
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