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Smiths Bench

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Smiths Bench (72°10′S 163°8′E) is a distinctive bench-like elevation 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Baldwin, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William M. Smith, psychologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.

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

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Smiths Bench Wikipedia