Dotson Ice Shelf

Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 30 miles wide between and on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. It was first mapped by the U.S.
Photo: Jane Beitler, Public domain.

Dotson Ice Shelf

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Latitude
-74.4° or 74° 24′ south
Longitude
-112.36667° or 112° 22′ west
Open location code
25Q9HJXM+X8
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Dotson Ice Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Дотсън (шелфов ледник)”
  • Bulgarian: “Дотсън”
  • Chinese: “多特森冰架”
  • French: “barrière de Dotson”
  • French: “Barrière de Dotson”
  • German: “Dotson-Schelfeis”
  • Hebrew: “מדף הקרח דוטסון”
  • Hindi: “डॉट्सन हिमचट्टान”
  • Italian: “Piattaforma di ghiaccio Dotson”
  • Macedonian: “Дотсонова Ледена Плоча”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dotsonisen”
  • Turkish: “Dotson Buz Sahanlığı”

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