Mount Bennett
| Mount Bennett | ||
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| height | 3090 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anderson Heights in the Bush Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 178 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Bennett is a prominent and 3090 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises in the western section of Anderson Heights .
He was discovered during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The team around the American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1997) surveyed the mountain between 1957 and 1958. Crary named the mountain after Hugh F. Bennett (* 1930), a member of the team and seismologist at Michigan State University .
Web links
- Mount Bennett in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bennett on geographic.org (English)