Benes Peak
| Benes Peak | ||
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| height | 2450 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usas Escarpment | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Benes Peak is a 2520 m high and almost completely snow-covered mountain in Marie-Byrd-Land . It rises 6.5 km east of Mount Aldaz in the Usas Escarpment .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1959 while exploring the Executive Committee Range . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain after Norman Stanley Bene (1921-2002), a meteorologist for the United States Antarctic Research Program at Byrd Station in 1961.
Web links
- Benes Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Benes Peak on geographic.org (English)