Bentley Crag
| Bentley Crag | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Seue peaks | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 16 ′ 34 " S , 66 ° 54 ′ 15" W | |
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The Bentley Crag ( English ) is an approximately 1000 m high rock ledge on the Loubet coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Arrowsmith Peninsula , it looms in the Seue Peaks .
The Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it on the basis of measurements and aerial photographs between 1956 and 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the American meteorologist Wilson Bentley (1865–1931), an expert in the microphotography of snow and ice crystals .
Web links
- Bentley Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bentley Crag on geographic.org (English)