Mount Dixon (Heard Island)
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Mount Dixon 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.
Anzac Peak
Anzac Peak is a 715 m high volcano on the Laurens Peninsula of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean. It lies to the northwest of Mawson Peak...
on Laurens Peninsula
Laurens Peninsula
Laurens Peninsula is a rugged peninsula surmounted by several ice-covered peaks. It forms the northwestern part of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The name was applied by the ANARE following their survey in 1948...
, 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
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
), 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.