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Benton Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Archipelago
  
Marshall Archipelago

Population
  
Uninhabited

Benton Island

Benton Island is an ice-covered island about 7 kilometres (4 nmi) long, lying 9 kilometres (5 nmi) northwest of Nolan Island in the Marshall Archipelago. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William T. Benton, BM1, U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Glacier along this coast, 1961–62.

Map of Benton Island, Antarctica

References

Benton Island Wikipedia