Benlein Point
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 29 ′ S , 110 ° 29 ′ E | |
| location | Peterson Island , Windmill Islands | |
| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
The Benlein Point is the southern cape of the island Peterson Iceland in Archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country .
An initial mapping was made using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland after Franklin J. Benlein (* 1937), United States Navy site manager and member of the crew at Wilkes Station in 1958.
Web links
- Benlein Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Benlein Point on geographic.org (English)