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Dixson Island

Dixson Island is a high ice-covered island, 19 km (10 nmi) long and 9 km (5 nmi) wide, at the west side of the mouth of Ninnis Glacier. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Dixson of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.

The northern point of Dixson Island is Cape Pollock.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dixson Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-21.

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