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.- Island
- …is also known as “Dixon Island”
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-68.13333° or 68° 8′ south
Longitude
146.71667° or 146° 43′ east
Open location code
3R38VP88+MM
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dixson Island” goes by many names.
Dixson IslandCebuano
德臣島Chinese
Dixson IslandDutch
ディクソン島Japanese
Dixson IslandNorwegian Nynorsk
Dixson IslandSwedish
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