Bentley Subglacial Trench (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bentley Subglacial Trench (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Valley (2g)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A major subglacial trench of West Antarctica which lies S of Byrd Subglacial Basin and is separated from it by a ridge except for a juncture of the two features near their E termination. From that juncture near Ellsworth Mountains, the trench extends WSW along the N side of Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands to c. 81S, 120W. A maximum depth of -2,540 m is reported in the W part of the trench. Named by US-ACAN in 1961 for Charles R. Bentley, chief traverse seismologist at Byrd Station, 1957-59; leader of the 1957-58 seismic traverse that determined the existence of this trench and recorded its depth. This amended description follows further subglacial delineation by the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967-79.
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