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which rises to about 500 m. It was discovered and roughly mapped from aircraft by members of East Base of the
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in 1960. The position of the island and its outline were corrected from U.S.
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is a mainly ice-covered island, 22 kilometres (12 nmi) long, lying in
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Dorsey Island is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
69°17′S 71°49′W / 69.283°S 71.817°W / -69.283; -71.817
Mount Snell
Antarctic Treaty System
Wilkins Sound
Alexander Island
Antarctica
Mount Snell
United States Antarctic Service
Herbert G. Dorsey, Jr.
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
D. Searle
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
Landsat
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
Dint Island
Umber Island
Merger Island
"Dorsey Island"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
public domain material
"Dorsey Island"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
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Alexander Island

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