Mount Benson (Antarctica)

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

Mount Benson (78°36′23″S 84°31′51″W / 78.60639°S 84.53083°W / -78.60639; -84.53083) is a mountain (2,270 m) standing at the northeast side of Thomas Glacier and west of Obelya Glacier, 4.6 mi east of Mount Osborne, in Doyran Heights, southeastern Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1957-59. Named by US-ACAN for Robert F. Benson, seismologist at the IGY South Pole Station, 1957.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

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

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