Dixon Peak
Dixon Peak is a steep-sided peak rising to 420 metres at the southern end of Paryadin Ridge, 1 nautical mile north of Cape Paryadin, South Georgia. It was roughly charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery in the period 1926–30, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Lieutenant John B.- Peak rising to 420 metres (1,378 feet)
- …is also known as “Paryadin Peak”
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
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Dixon Peak
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- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.0555° or 54° 3′ 20″ south
Longitude
-38.00315° or 38° 0′ 11″ west
Open location code
39Q3WXVW+QP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Dixon Peak” goes by many names.
狄克遜峰Chinese
Dixon PeakDutch
جبل ديكسون پياكEgyptian Arabic
Dixon PeakLadin
Dixon PeakNorwegian Nynorsk
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