Dickson Pillar is a pillar rock lying close south of Possession Island in the

Possession Islands The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and rocks extending over an area of about , lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, lying south-east of Cape McCormick and east of Cape Roget, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The Possession ...

. The rock was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

from surveys and

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

air photos, 1958–63, and was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for Paul B. Dickson, U.S. Navy, Photographer of Squadron

VX-6 Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, ...

on the flight of January 18, 1958, at the time this feature was photographed.

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Rock formations of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub