| Dawson-Lambton Glacier | |
| Map: | Antarctica |
| Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
| Location: | Coats Land |
| Coordinates: | -76.1333°N -71°W |
| Thickness: | unknown |
| Terminus: | Weddell Sea |
| Status: | unknown |
The Dawson-Lambton Glacier is a heavily crevassed glacier entering the south-eastern Weddell Sea immediately west of the Brunt Ice Shelf. It was discovered in January 1915 by a British expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. He named it for Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton, a benefactress of the Shackleton expeditions.[1]
A 500 ha site on fast ice that forms in the Weddell Sea near the Dawson-Lambton Glacier has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of emperor penguins, with an estimate of some 2,600 individuals based on 2009 satellite imagery.[2]