Benedict Peak
| Benedict Peak | ||
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 Topographic map of Mount Murphy with Benedict Peak |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mount Murphy | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Benedict Peak is an acute and mainly ice-covered secondary summit of Mount Murphy in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 10 km northeast of the main summit.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Philip C. Benedict, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Benedict Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Benedict Peak on geographic.org (English)