Dixson Island
Dixson Island is a high ice-covered island, 19 km long and 9 km wide, at the west side of the mouth of Ninnis Glacier. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Dixson of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Dixon Island”
Dixson Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Dixson Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dixson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dixson Island”
- Chinese: “德臣島”
- Dutch: “Dixson Island”
- German: “Dixson Island”
- Japanese: “ディクソン島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dixson Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Dixson”
- Swedish: “Dixson Island”
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