Dixson Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Dixson Island is a high ice-covered island, 10nmi long and 5nmi wide, at the west side of the mouth of Ninnis Glacier. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Dixson of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.
The northern point of Dixson Island is Cape Pollock.