Dodson Peninsula

Dodson Peninsula (

75°32′S 64°12′W / 75.533°S 64.200°W / -75.533; -64.200Coordinates: 75°32′S 64°12′W / 75.533°S 64.200°W / -75.533; -64.200) is an ice-covered peninsula, 74 kilometres (40 nmi) long, located south of Hansen Inlet on the Orville Coast, situated in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne, and named by him after Captain , U.S. Navy, a director of the American Antarctic Society (the organizing body of RARE), and for his son, , assistant geologist, surveyor, and chief dog team driver with RARE.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Dodson Peninsula". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)