Smiths Bench

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Smiths Bench (72°10′S 163°8′E / 72.167°S 163.133°E / -72.167; 163.133Coordinates: 72°10′S 163°8′E / 72.167°S 163.133°E / -72.167; 163.133) 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.

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