Mount Beney

Mount Beney

Mount Beney (80°16′S 27°45′W / 80.267°S 27.75°W / -80.267; -27.75) is the largest of the La Grange Nunataks, rising to 1,000 m in the north part of Shackleton Range. Roughly mapped by Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957; photographed from the air by U.S. Navy in 1967 and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Sgt. Ivor C. Beney, RE, member of the Royal Society IGY Expedition at Shackleton station in 1957, who assisted with preparations for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Beney" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).