🏝️ Dickson Pillar

Antarctica · Antarctica · 71.90°S, 171.18°E

The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and rocks extending over an area of about 7 nautical miles, lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, lying 5 nautical miles south-east of Cape McCormick, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The Possession Islands were named by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, in commemoration of the planting of the British flag here on January 12, 1841.

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Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	71.90°S, 171.18°E · view on map

Dickson Pillar is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More islets in Antarctica

Cacho Island · Cholet Island · Favreau Pillar · Grinder Rock.

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