Mount Simpson
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Mount Simpson is a peak
of the Walker Mountains
, rising just west of the head of Hale Glacier
on Thurston Island
. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant B.L. Simpson, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
, pilot of the P2V Neptune airplane which took additional air photos of the area in January 1960.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
of the Walker Mountains
Walker Mountains
Walker Mountains is a range of peaks and nunataks which are fairly well separated but trend east-west to form the axis, or spine, of Thurston Island. They were discovered by Rear Admiral Byrd and members of the US Antarctic Service in a flight from the ship Bear on February 27, 1940. Named by...
, rising just west of the head of Hale Glacier
Hale Glacier
Hale Glacier is a glacier about 6 nautical miles long, located just east of Mount Simpson on Thurston Island and flowing southwest to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
on Thurston Island
Thurston Island
Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the NW end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner Island...
. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump
Operation Highjump
Operation Highjump , officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by RADM Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN, , Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by RADM Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68....
in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant B.L. Simpson, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, pilot of the P2V Neptune airplane which took additional air photos of the area in January 1960.