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)
Benton Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Benton Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An ice-covered island about 4 mi long, lying 5 mi NW of Nolan Island in Marshall Archipelago. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for William T. Benton, BM1, USN, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961-62.
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