Dobson Dome () is a prominent snow-covered, dome-shaped mountain high between

Rohss Bay James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel. Rising to , it is irregularly shaped and extends in a north–south ...

and

Croft Bay Croft Bay () is a bay which indents the north-central side of James Ross Island and forms the southern part of Herbert Sound, south of the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered in 1903 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition und ...

, in the northern portion of James Ross Island. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey of 1958–61, and it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for

Alban Dobson Alban Tabor Austin Dobson (29 June 1885 – 19 May 1962) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant. Dobson was an important figure in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, later known as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisherie ...

(1885–1962), a British civil servant who was Secretary of the International Whaling Commission from 1949–59 and President of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea from 1952–55. Dobson Dome is described as a basalt tuya in the ''Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science''. It is part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.

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Mountains of Graham Land Landforms of James Ross Island Tuyas of Antarctica Quaternary volcanoes Volcanoes of Graham Land {{JamesRossIsland-geo-stub