Feature Name (see definition): Bieber Bench

Feature Class (see definition): Bench

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 18250

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 81° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 23' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -81.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160.3833333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/2003

Description (see definition): A relatively horizontal upland area of 20 square mi at the S side of Surveyors Range, Churchill Mountains. The ice-covered feature rises to 1800 m between Mansergh Snowfield and the head of Algie Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John W. Bieber, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware; U.S. Antarctic Project (USAP) principal investigator for solar and heliospheric studies with Antarctic cosmic ray observations at the McMurdo and South Pole Stations, 1988-2002.

Date Created (see definition): 01/24/2003

Date Edited (see definition): No data