Bentley Peak
| Bentley Peak | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Patuxent Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 17 ′ 59 ″ S , 64 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ W | |
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The Bentley Peak is a mountain in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains, it looms at the northern end of the Thomas Hills . It forms a massif with surrounding hills and nunataks .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2011. It is named after the British geomorphologist Mike Bentley from Durham University , who worked in the Pensacola Mountains in 2009.
Web links
- Bentley Peak in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)