Mount Geissel

Mount Geissel

Mount Geissel (80°25′S 81°47′W / 80.417°S 81.783°W / -80.417; -81.783) is a mountain, 1,430 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount Simmons in the Independence Hills, Heritage Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert H. Geissel, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist/seismologist at Plateau Station in 1966.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Geissel" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).