Dawson Head
| Dawson Head | ||
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 44 ′ S , 61 ° 50 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| coast | Black coast | |
| Waters | Lehrke Inlet | |
The Dawson Head is a towering promontory at the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the northwest bank of the Lehrke Inlet .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1976 after Opie Lloyd Dawson (1919-2011) of the United States Coast Guard , commander of the icebreaker USCG Glacier in the 1968 campaign as part of the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions .
Web links
- Dawson Head in Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dawson Head on geographic.org (English)