Dawson Peak
| Dawson Peak | ||
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| height | 2070 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Dawson Peak is a distinctive, ice-free and 2,070 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 8 km southwest of Mount Picciotto in the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after John A. Dawson, aurora researcher for the United States Antarctic Research Program at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1958.
Web links
- Dawson peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dawson Peak on geographic.org (English)