Dawson Head

Dawson Head

Dawson Head (70°43′S 61°57′W / 70.717°S 61.95°W / -70.717; -61.95) is a high coastal point, or headland, along the northwest side of Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Opie L. Dawson, USCG (Ret.), Commanding Officer of the USCGC Glacier during the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition, 1968.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dawson Head" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).