# Mount Geissel

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{{short description|Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica}}
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'''Mount Geissel''' ({{coord|80|25|S|81|47|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a mountain, {{convert|1,430|m|-2}} high, standing {{convert|3|nmi|km|0}} south of [Mount Simmons](/source/Mount_Simmons) in the [Independence Hills](/source/Independence_Hills) of the [Heritage Range](/source/Heritage_Range), Antarctica. It was named by the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) for [Robert H. Geissel](/source/Robert_H._Geissel), a [United States Antarctic Research Program](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Research_Program) geomagnetist and seismologist at [Plateau Station](/source/Plateau_Station) in 1966.<ref name=gnis/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=5560&fid=antgeo_109 |title=Mount Geissel on Geographic.org}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Mountains in Antarctica](/source/Mountains_in_Antarctica)

==References==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 5560| name = Geissel, Mount | accessdate = 2012-04-19}}</ref>
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Category:Mountains of Ellsworth Land

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