Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Benson Knob (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Benson Knob (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Knob (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A distinctive rock knob, 1,540 m, at the S extremity of Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for Anthony J. Benson, hospital corpsman with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.
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