Mount Dixon (Heard Island)

Mount Dixon (Heard Island)

Mount Dixon (53°0′S 73°17′E / 53°S 73.283°E / -53; 73.283) is a snow-covered peak (705 m) standing 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) west of Anzac Peak on Laurens Peninsula, Heard Island. The feature appears to have been roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer operating in the area during this period. Surveyed in 1948 by the ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions), and named by them for Lieutenant Commander George M. Dixon, RANVR, commanding officer of HMAS Labuan which landed and relieved the 1948 and 1949 ANARE parties.

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