Dixson Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Dixson Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An ice-covered rock mass on the western side of the mouth of the Ninnis Glacier on the coast of George V Land. The feature is about 19 km long and 9 km wide, rising to about 335 m. Discovered in 1912 by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after Sir Hugh Dixson of Sydney, a patron of the expedition.
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Aus_display_scale_20M: | No | Aus_display_scale_10M: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_5M: | No | Aus_display_scale_2M: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_1M: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_500k: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_250k: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_100k: | Yes | ||
Aus_display_scale_50k: | Yes | Aus_display_scale_25k: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_10k: | No | Aus_display_scale_5k: | No | ||
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