Simpson Peak (Antarctica)
| Simpson Peak | ||
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| height | 1720 m | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Scott Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 50 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Simpson Peak is a 1,720 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises just east of Mount George at the southwest end of the Scott Mountains .
Participants of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson discovered it in January 1930. Mawson named the mountain after the British meteorologist George Clarke Simpson (1878-1965), participant of the British Terra -Nova expedition (1910-1913).
Web links
- Simpson peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simpson Peak on geographic.org (English)