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Mount Benjamin

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Mount Benjamin (85°48′S 160°6′W) is a prominent mountain, 1,750 m, rising sharply at the west side of Amundsen Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Mount Ellsworth, in the Queen Maud Mountains. First seen and mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Benjamin F. Smith, meteorologist with the McMurdo Station winter party, 1963.

Map of Mount Benjamin, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Benjamin" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Mount Benjamin Wikipedia