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Smiths Bench: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Smiths Bench in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Smiths Bench

Feature Class (see definition): Bench

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 14089

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 10' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 163° 08' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.1666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 163.1333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A distinctive bench-like elevation 5 mi NW 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 U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Smiths Bench in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Smiths Bench information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Smiths Bench should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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