Dixon Peak () is a steep-sided peak rising to at the southern end of
Paryadin Ridge, north of
Cape Paryadin
Cape Paryadin () is a headland which forms the southernmost point of the west tip of South Georgia. It was discovered in 1775 by a British expedition under James Cook. The cape was resighted in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen B ...
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South Georgia
South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east†...
. It was roughly charted by
Discovery Investigations personnel on the
''Discovery'' in the period 1926–30, and was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Lieutenant
John B. Dixon
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
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Royal Navy, surveying officer on
HMS ''Owen'', which surveyed the area in 1960–61.
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References
Mountains and hills of South Georgia
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