Bennett Dome

Bennett Dome is a rounded, snow-covered peninsula on the south side of Beethoven Peninsula of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory. It rises to about 1,510 feet above sea level between Weber Inlet and Boccherini Inlet.

The peninsula was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947 and roughly mapped from the photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. It was mapped definitively by the United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1967–68 and from Landsat imagery taken 1972–73.

The 'dome' was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Joseph E. Bennett, the head of the Polar Coordination and Information Section, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1976–86. Bennett Dome is one of the eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.

Location

• Location map: 71°48’-0"S, 73°2’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Bennett Dome