Mount Dawson (Antarctica)
| Mount Dawson | ||
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| height | 2695 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Dawson is a 2695 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 4 km northwest of Mount Reimer in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
He was discovered by the so-called Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party , a team mainly to explore the Marie Byrd Land between 1957 and 1958. This named the mountain after Merle Dawson (1906-1986), Major in the United States Army , who from November directed the construction of an overland route between Little America V station and Byrd station until December 1956 and was project manager for ship operations from 1965 to 1970 in the division of the polar program of the National Science Foundation .
Web links
- Mount Dawson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Dawson on geographic.org (English)