Mount Simmons

Mount Simmons
Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica.

Mount Simmons (80°22′S 81°45′W / 80.367°S 81.75°W / -80.367; -81.75Coordinates: 80°22′S 81°45′W / 80.367°S 81.75°W / -80.367; -81.75) is a mountain, 1,590 m, forming the north end of the Independence Hills, in the Heritage Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviation electronics technician Richard S. Simmons, U.S. Navy, air crewman on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a crash on the Ross Ice Shelf, February 2, 1966.

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


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