Mount Benkert
| Mount Benkert | ||
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Snow Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 35 '15 " S , 76 ° 47' 33" W | |
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Mount Benkert is a 700 m high nunatak in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It is the easternmost of the Snow Nunatakkers and rises 13 km east-southeast of Mount Thornton on the English coast .
He was discovered and photographed during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Captain William Michael Benkert (1923-1989) of the United States Coast Guard , commander of the USCGC Eastwind icebreaker during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Mount Benkert in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Benkert on geographic.org (English)