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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.

 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 / -63.967; -58.900


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