Mount Geissel
Mount Geissel (80°25′S 81°47′W / 80.417°S 81.783°WCoordinates: 80°25′S 81°47′W / 80.417°S 81.783°W) is a mountain, 1,430 metres (4,700 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Simmons in the Independence Hills of the Heritage Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a United States Antarctic Research Program geomagnetist and seismologist at Plateau Station in 1966.[1][2]
See also[]
- Mountains in Antarctica
References[]
- ^ "Geissel, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Mount Geissel on Geographic.org".
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