Benson Glacier
| Benson Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 19 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 49 ′ S , 162 ° 12 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Granite Harbor | |
 1962 map of part of the Scott coast , Benson Glacier to the southwest |
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The Benson Glacier is a glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the eastern part of the flight deck firn field in a northeasterly direction between the Fry and Mackay glaciers to the northern section of Granite Harbor .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped it in 1957 as part of the Midship Glacier and named it after the New Zealand geologist William Noel Benson (1885-1957) of the University of Otago , who made significant contributions to the petrology of Victoria Land performed.
Web links
- Benson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Benson Glacier on geographic.org (English)