Mount Simmons

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Mount Simmons (80°22′S 81°45′WCoordinates: 80°22′S 81°45′W) 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 text from Mount Simmons, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.