Simpson Nunatak
Simpson Nunatak is a nunatak, 1,165 metres (3,822 ft), rising 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) northwest of Mount Roberts, on the south margin of Aitkenhead Glacier, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Hugh W. Simpson of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), a member of the Detroit Plateau reconnaissance party from Hope Bay in 1957.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Simpson Nunatak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Coordinates: 63°58′S 58°54′W / 63.967°S 58.900°W
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