Mount Bensley
| Mount Bensley | ||
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| height | 1920 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Bensley is a 1920 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises 13.5 km south-southwest of Mount Starlight .
The mountain was mapped using aerial photographs and surveys that were taken or carried out between 1955 and 1965 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it in 1966 after Patrick Allen Bensley, a carpenter at Mawson Station in 1965.
Web links
- Mount Bensley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bensley on geographic.org (English)