Simon Peak
| Simon Peak | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Havre Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 15 '41 " S , 71 ° 55' 56" W | |
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The Simon Peak is a turn 1000 m high mountain in the northwest of Alexander Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises northeast of Umber Island on the west side of the Havre Mountains .
He was probably first sighted in January 1909 by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The mountain is named after Alec Edward Simon (* 1947), who worked for the British Antarctic Survey as an aircraft mechanic in the Antarctic summers between 1972 and 1976 on Adelaide Island .
Web links
- Simon peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simon Peak on geographic.org (English)