Name details

Simpson Nunatak

Simpson Nunatak (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Simpson Nunatak  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111192

Feature type: Nunatak

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

rising to 650m on S side of Aitkenhead Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, was surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1946, in February 1957 and in 1960-61; named after Dr Hugh Walter Simpson (b.1931), FIDS medical officer, "Hope Bay", 1956-58, who was a member of the 1957 survey party; Leader, Scottish Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1965, and of an abortive expedition towards the North Pole from N Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, in 1969 (APC, 1964, p.4; BAS 250 sheet SP

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 58' 00.0" S
-63.96667°
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Longitude:
58° 52' 00.0" W
-58.86667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
12-Feb-1964

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