Dee Ice Piedmont

Dee Ice Piedmont (68°40′S 66°58′W / 68.667°S 66.967°W / -68.667; -66.967) is an ice piedmont between Pavie Ridge and the mouth of Clarke Glacier on the east side of Mikkelsen Bay, west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1936–37, and by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Photographed by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), November 1947 (trimetrogon air photography). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Dee (1527–1608), English mathematician and pioneer teacher of navigation methods for 30 years during a period of great maritime expansion and exploration.

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