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Dawson Head
Dawson
Head
is a high coastal point, or
headland
, along the
northwest
side of
Lehrke Inlet
on the
east coast
of
Palmer Land
. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
in
1974
, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Captain
Opie
L. Dawson,
Commanding Officer
of the
USCGC
Glacier
during the
International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition
, 1968.