
Dorsey Mountains
(Arrowsmith Peninsula)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 67° 2' S 67° W
rising to c. 2000m and running N-S on N side of Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, to include Mount Lagally and Vanni Peak, were photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Noah Ernest Dorsey (1873-1959), American physicist; author of 'Properties of Ordinary Water-substance' (1940), a comprehensive study of ice.