Mount Dixey () is a mountain, high, standing at the south side of

Riley Glacier Riley Glacier is a heavily crevassed glacier, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long and 17 nautical miles (31 km) wide, flowing westward from the west side of Palmer Land into George VI Sound between the Traverse Mountains and Mount Dixey. Fi ...

and northeast of

Carse Point Carse Point () is the western extremity of a rock massif with four peaks, the highest at , standing at the south side of the mouth of Riley Glacier, Palmer Land, and fronting on George VI Sound. It lies separated from Mount Dixey to the northeast ...

, on the west coast of Palmer Land. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by

Lincoln Ellsworth Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Biography Lincoln Ellsworth was born on May 12, 1880, to James Ellsworth and Eva F ...

, and mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under

John Rymill 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 ...

, and was named in 1954 by members of the expedition for Neville Dixey, Chairman of

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in 1934, who raised a special fund at Lloyd's as a contribution towards the cost of the BGLE, 1934–37.

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