Dillon Peak

Dillon Peak
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height	1650 m
location	Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Mountains	Dana Mountains
Coordinates	73 ° 16 '47 " S , 62 ° 40' 36" W Coordinates: 73 ° 16 '47 " S , 62 ° 40' 36" W

The Dillon Peak is a turn 1650 m high mountain in Palmer land on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the Dana Mountains, it towers over the northern flank of the mouth of the Haines Glacier in the Meinardus Glacier .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1968 after Raymond D. Dillon (1925-2003), biologist on the McMurdo- (1966–1967) and the Palmer Station (1967–1968).

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