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	On 5 August 2020, Joseph Foley was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Count of Dorchuck in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]]. The count was introduced to Westarctica by his friend, the Baron of [[Mount Swan\|Swan]].		On 5 August 2020, Joseph Foley was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] [[Count of Dorchuck]] in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]]. The count was introduced to Westarctica by his friend, the Baron of [[Mount Swan\|Swan]].

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	On 5 August 2020, Joseph Foley was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Count of Dorchuck in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]].		On 5 August 2020, Joseph Foley was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica\|peerage title]] Count of Dorchuck in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]]. The count was introduced to Westarctica by his friend, the Baron of [[Mount Swan\|Swan]].

	[[Category: Glaciers]]		[[Category: Glaciers]]

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[[File:Dorchuck Glacier.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of the Dorchuck Glacier]]
The '''Dorchuck Glacier''' (74°44′S 113°56′W) is a narrow [[glacier]], 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing northeast from [[Jenkins Heights]] between [[Klinger Ridge]] and [[Ellis Ridge]] into the [[Dotson Ice Shelf]] on the [[Martin Peninsula]].

==Discovery and name==
The glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey using surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1959–67, and from Landsat imagery collected during the 1972–73 research season. Dorchuck Glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Robert E. Dorchuck, U.S. Navy, who served as a nuclear power plant operator with the Naval Nuclear Power Unit at [[McMurdo Station]] over the summer and winter season during Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1969.

==Peerage title==
On 5 August 2020, Joseph Foley was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Count of Dorchuck in recognition of his support of [[Westarctica]].

[[Category: Glaciers]]