Mount Fitzsimmons
Mount Fitzsimmons | ||
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Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Edward VII Peninsula with Mount Fitzsimmons (bottom left) |
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height | 876 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Rockefeller Mountains | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Fitzsimmons is a 876 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . On the Edward VII Peninsula, it rises as the highest peak of the Rockefeller Mountains between Mount Jackling and Mount Shideler .
It was discovered on January 27, 1929 during an overflight on the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . It is named after LeRoy G. Fitzsimmons (1915–1945), participant of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), also led by Byrd .
Web links
- Mount Fitzsimmons in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Fitzsimmons on geographic.org (English)