Mount Dawson
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Mount Dawson () is a sharp, pyramidal mountain (2,695 m) located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Mount Reimer in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1957-58, and named after Major Merle R. Dawson (d.1986), USA, leader of the Army-Navy Trail Party which established an oversnow route from Little America V to the site of Byrd Station in November-December 1956; Project Manager for Ship Operations in the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1965-70.
- This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.
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