Mount Dawson (Antarctica)

Mount Dawson (77°46′S 86°21′W) is a sharp, pyramidal mountain located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Mount Reimer in the north part of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It surmounts Vidul Glacier to the east.

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Northern Sentinel Range map.

The mountain was discovered by the Charles R. Bentley-led Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1957–58, and named after Major Merle R. Dawson (d.1986), USA, leader of the Army-Navy Trail Party which established an oversnow route from Little America V to the site of Byrd Station in November–December 1956; Project Manager for Ship Operations in the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1965–70.[1]

See also
  • Mountains in Antarctica

References
  1. "Mount Dawson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2005-11-05.

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