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Doggers Bay () is an ice-filled bay about long and wide on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, between
Foley Promontory Foley Promontory () is an ice-covered promontory about north of Landon Promontory, across Doggers Bay, on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photo ...
and
Landon Promontory Landon Promontory () is a broad, domed ice-covered promontory on the west side of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, about south of Foley Promontory, across Doggers Bay. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANAR ...
. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photos taken in 1956, was first visited in November 1962 by an ANARE dog-sledge party led by I. Landon-Smith, and was named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commit ...
after the dog-sledge party.


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Bays of Mac. Robertson Land {{MacRobertsonLand-geo-stub