Reynolds Bench
| Reynolds Bench | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Kelley massif | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 34 ′ S , 63 ° 34 ′ W | |
The Reynolds Bench is a smooth, snow-covered, 10 km long and 3 km wide plateau with rocky outcrops on the steep flanks in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . At an altitude of 1500 m , it lies on the north side of the Kelley massif and on the south flank of the upper section of the Clifford Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after the geologist Richard L. Reynolds, who had belonged to a team of the USGS between 1970 and 1971 to geological exploration and mapping of the Lassiter coast .
Web links
- Reynolds Bench in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reynolds Bench on geographic.org (English)