Feature Name (see definition): Benninghoff, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1237

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 77° 55' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 19' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -77.9166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.3166667

Elevation (see definition): 1965

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1992

Description (see definition): A mainly ice-free mountain (1,965 m) standing 1.5 mi SE of Terra Cotta Mountain in Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993 after William S. Benninghoff (1918-93), Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, 1957-88, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Botany; seasonal visits to Antarctica in 1968, 1976, 1977 and 1989; member, SCAR Working Group on Biology, 1968-87; member, Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966-86.

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