Anderson Dome is a prominent ice-covered

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rising to on the east side of Gopher Glacier, east of the similar-appearing Bonnabeau Dome, in the

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. It was mapped by the

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Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and named by them for Joe M. Anderson, a

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topographic engineer with the party.

References

Ice caps of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Ellsworth Land {{EllsworthLand-geo-stub