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==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== | ||