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Mount Benkert

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Mount Benkert (73°38′S 76°40′W) is the easternmost member of the Snow Nunataks, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) east-southeast of Mount Thornton on the coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain W.M. Benkert, USCG, commander of the Eastwind in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

Map of Mount Benkert, Antarctica

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

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Mount Benkert Wikipedia