Location Antarctica Elevation 1,940 m | Parent range Queen Maud Mountains Mountain range Queen Maud Mountains | |
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Simmonds Peak is a 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) tall rock peak standing 4 miles (6 km) south of Mount Dort on the east side of Amundsen Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Willard I. Simmonds, biologist, McMurdo Station winter party, 1964.
Map of Simmonds Peak, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Simmonds Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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