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Dixson Island (Antarctica)
Dixson Island
is a high ice-covered
island
, long and
wide
, at the
west side
of the
mouth
of
Ninnis Glacier
. It was
discovered
by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
under
Douglas Mawson
, who named it for
Sir Hugh Dixson
of
Sydney
, a
patron
of the
expedition
.
The
northern
point of Dixson
Island
is
Cape Pollock
.