Mount Geissel

Coordinates: 80°25′S 81°47′W / 80.417°S 81.783°W / -80.417; -81.783
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Mount Geissel (80°25′S 81°47′W / 80.417°S 81.783°W / -80.417; -81.783) 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 Robert H. Geissel, a United States Antarctic Research Program geomagnetist and seismologist at Plateau Station in 1966.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Geissel, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Mount Geissel on Geographic.org".

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