Mount Benkert

Mount Benkert (73°38′S 76°40′W / 73.633°S 76.667°W / -73.633; -76.667) is the easternmost member of the Snow Nunataks, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-southeast of Mount Thornton on the coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain W.M. Benkert, USCG, commander of the Eastwind in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

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