Doake Ice Rumples
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Doake Ice Rumples is an area of disturbed ice in the Ronne Ice Shelf, extending for about 55 nautical miles (100 km) in a NW-SE direction between Korff Ice Rise
Korff Ice Rise
Korff Ice Rise is an ice rise, 80 miles long and 20 miles wide, lying 50 miles eastnortheast of Skytrain Ice Rise in the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf. It was discovered by the US-IGY Ellsworth Traverse Party, 1957–58, and named by the party for Prof. Serge A. Korff, vice chairman of the...

 and Henry Ice Rise
Henry Ice Rise
Henry Ice Rise is a triangular-shaped ice rise about long located between Korff Ice Rise and the southern portion of Berkner Island in the Ronne Ice Shelf. It was first visited by the US-IGY geophysical traverse party from Ellsworth Station, 1957–58, and named by the Advisory Committee on...

. First visited and mapped in part by the US-IGY geophysical traverse party from Ellsworth Station
Ellsworth Station
The Ellsworth Station was an Antarctic base established by the United States during the 1957 International Geophysical Year. The base was soon handed over to Argentina and subsequently abandoned and covered with ice in 1962.-History:...

 1957-58, led by Edward Thiel. Further delineated from U.S. Landsat imagery taken 1974 and from radio echo sounding by British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....

 (BAS) in 1981. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Christopher S.M. Doake, senior BAS glaciologist from 1973, who has contributed to an understanding of the morphology and dynamics of the Ronne Ice Shelf.
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