Smiths Bench
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Smiths Bench is a distinctive bench-like elevation 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Mount Baldwin, in the Freyberg Mountains
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for William M. Smith
, psychologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.
Freyberg Mountains
Freyberg Mountains is a group of mountains in Victoria Land, bounded by Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for William M. Smith
William M. Smith
William M. Smith was the 27th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Republican, he held the position from 1871 until 1873....
, psychologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.