Mount Simsarian
| Mount Simsarian | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Michigan Plateau , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 132 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Simsarian is a large mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises from the east side of the Michigan Plateau immediately south of the head end of the Gardiner Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after James Simsarian, head of the Department of International Science and Technical Affairs at the United States Department of State States .
Web links
- Mount Simsarian in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Simsarian on geographic.org (English)