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[[File:Benton-Island-Map.jpg|thumb|500px|Map showing Benton Island in the Marshall Archipelago]] | [[File:Benton-Island-Map.jpg|thumb|500px|Map showing Benton Island in the Marshall Archipelago]] | ||
'''Benton Island''' is an ice-covered island about 7 kilometers (4 nmi) long, lying 9 kilometers (5 nmi) northwest of Nolan Island in the [[Marshall Archipelago]]. | '''Benton Island''' is an ice-covered island about 7 kilometers (4 nmi) long, lying 9 kilometers (5 nmi) northwest of [[Nolan Island]] near [[Steventon Island]] in the [[Marshall Archipelago]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Names for Boatswain's Mate First Class William T. Benton, U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS ''Glacier'' from 1961–62. | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[U.S. Navy]] air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Names for Boatswain's Mate First Class William T. Benton, U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate aboard USS ''[[USS Glacier|Glacier]]'' from 1961–62. | ||
==Countess of Benton== | ==Countess of Benton== | ||