Benson Knob

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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Place ID: 1189
Name ID: 139771

Feature type: Knob

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A distinctive rock knob, 1540m, at the south extremity of Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1956-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Anthony J. Benson, hospital corpsman with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.

Location

Latitude:
75° 45' 13.8" S
-75.75382°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
159° 16' 38.3" E
159.27731°
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Altitude:
1551 m
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Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 16_36 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Nov-1967

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