Simpson
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Antarctica- Simpson Peak (Antarctica)
Australia
- Simpson DesertSimpson DesertThe Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia. It is the fourth largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km² ....
Canada
- Simpson, SaskatchewanSimpson, Saskatchewan-Area statistics:*Lat 51°27′00″ N*Long 105°27′00″ W*Dominion Land Survey Section 3, Township 29, Range 25 West of the 2nd Meridian*Time zone UTC−6-Location:-External links:******-See also:...
- Simpson PassSimpson PassSimpson Pass, el. , is a mountain pass on the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the area of the Ball Range. It is the prominence col for Mount Ball on the Continental Divide in the vicinity of Sunshine Village ski resort...
, a mountain pass on the British Columbia-Alberta boundary - Simpson Peak (Canada)Simpson Peak (Canada)Simpson Peak 2170 m is the northernmost officially-named summit in the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains system in northernmost British Columbia, Canada. It stands on the north side of the lower reaches of the Jennings River, just east of the south end of Teslin Lake, and is to the south of...
, the northernmost named peak in the Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia - Simpson PeninsulaSimpson PeninsulaThe Simpson Peninsula is located on the mainland of Canada's Nunavut territory. It is surrounded by waterways on three sides: Pelly Bay to the west, the Gulf of Boothia to the north, and Committee Bay to the east...
, Nunavut - Simpson RiverSimpson River (British Columbia)Simpson River, in Kootenay National Park, is a tributary of Vermilion River flowing through Simpson Valley. It is fed by the North Simpson River, Surprise Creek, Lachine Creek, Verdant Creek, etc....
, a river in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia (also North Simpson River) - Simpson's River, an historical name for the Nass RiverNass RiverThe Nass River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Nass Bay, a sidewater of Portland Inlet, which connects to the North Pacific Ocean via the Dixon Entrance...
Chile
- Simpson RiverSimpson RiverSimpson River is a river of Chile located in the Aisén Region. The river originates east of the Andes mountains. It forms the western boundary of the city of Coihaique, which is bordered on the north by the Coihaique River, a tributary of the Simpson. In its inferior course, the river flows through...
United Kingdom
- Simpson, Buckinghamshire
United States
- Simpson, Bradley County, Arkansas
- Simpson, Pope County, ArkansasSimpson, Pope County, ArkansasSimpson, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in the Ozark National Forest, Pope County, Arkansas, United States....
- Simpson, IllinoisSimpson, IllinoisSimpson is a village in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 54 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Simpson is located at ....
- Simpson, IndianaSimpson, IndianaSimpson is an unincorporated community in Union Township, Huntington County, Indiana....
- Simpson, KansasSimpson, KansasSimpson is a city in Cloud and Mitchell counties in Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 86.-Geography:Simpson is located at...
- Simpson, LouisianaSimpson, LouisianaSimpson is a village in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 583 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fort Polk South Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Simpson is located at ....
- Simpson, MinnesotaSimpson, MinnesotaSimpson is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Grove Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. It is located on Olmsted County Highway 1 just north of Interstate 90 between Rochester and Stewartville....
- Simpson, North CarolinaSimpson, North CarolinaSimpson is a village in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 463 at the 2008 census. In 2006, it was estimated that the village population was 3,100...
- Simpson CountySimpson County, KentuckySimpson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,405. Its county seat is Franklin. The county is named for Captain John Simpson, a Kentucky militia officer who fought in Battle of Fallen Timbers in the Northwest Indian War, and was killed in the...
, in Kentucky - Simpson CountySimpson County, Mississippi-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 27,639 people, 10,076 households, and 7,385 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,307 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...
, Mississippi - Simpson CreekSimpson CreekSimpson Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, long, in north-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau...
, in West Virginia
In fiction
- The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, popular animated sitcom airing from 1989 through present - The Simpson familySimpson familyThe Simpson family is a family of fictional characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. The Simpsons are a nuclear family consisting of the married couple Homer and Marge and their three children Bart, Lisa and Maggie. They live at 742 Evergreen Terrace in the fictional town...
, central characters of the series The Simpsons
Other uses
- Cody SimpsonCody SimpsonCody Robert Simpson is an Australian pop singer from Gold Coast, Queensland, who is currently signed to US record label Atlantic Records.-Early life:...
, Australian pop/R&B singer - Galton and SimpsonGalton and SimpsonRay Galton OBE , and Alan Simpson OBE , are British scriptwriters who met in 1948 at a tuberculosis sanatorium, the Surrey county sanatorium near Godalming, on which the sitcom Get Well Soon was based...
, scriptwriters - John Simpson KirkpatrickJohn Simpson KirkpatrickJohn 'Jack' Simpson Kirkpatrick , who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I...
, iconic Australian figure of World War I ("Simpson and his donkey") - Simpson (appliance manufacturer)Simpson (appliance manufacturer)Simpson was a manufacturer of household appliances based in Adelaide, Australia.Simpson was established in 1909. In 1963 they merged with Pope Industries Ltd to form Simpson Pope Holdings Limited. Pope was originally established as Popes Sprinker and Irrigation Company in 1925 and after World War...
, former manufacturer and brand of whitegoods in Australia - Simpson indexSimpson indexSimpson's diversity index is one of a number of diversity indices, used to measure diversity. In ecology, it is often used to quantify the biodiversity of a habitat. It takes into account the number of species present, as well as the relative abundance of each species...
, a diversity index in ecology - Simpson Thacher & BartlettSimpson Thacher & BartlettSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a law firm headquartered in New York City which employs over 800 attorneys in ten offices worldwide. The firm is highly regarded for its litigation and corporate practices, with special attention focused on its mergers and acquisitions specialty...
, law firm - Simpson Performance ProductsSimpson Performance ProductsSimpson Performance Products is an American motorsports parts supplier. It supplies gloves, helmets, restraints, driver's suites, HANS devices, and shoes to racers at local tracks to international teams. It was started by Bill Simpson as Simpson Drag Chutes....
, an American motorsports parts supplier - Simpsons (department store), defunct Canadian department store
- Simpsons of PiccadillySimpsons of PiccadillySimpsons of Piccadilly was a large retail shop which traded at 203-206 Piccadilly in central London, England, and was built as a quality clothing store for men in 1935–36...
, a defunct clothing store in London - Simpson's paradoxSimpson's paradoxIn probability and statistics, Simpson's paradox is a paradox in which a correlation present in different groups is reversed when the groups are combined. This result is often encountered in social-science and medical-science statistics, and it occurs when frequencydata are hastily given causal...
, in statistics - Simpson's ruleSimpson's ruleIn numerical analysis, Simpson's rule is a method for numerical integration, the numerical approximation of definite integrals. Specifically, it is the following approximation:...
, in mathematics