Bieber Bench

Bieber Bench (81°57′S 160°23′E / 81.950°S 160.383°E / -81.950; 160.383Coordinates: 81°57′S 160°23′E / 81.950°S 160.383°E / -81.950; 160.383) is a relatively horizontal upland area of 20 square miles (50 km²) at the south side of the Surveyors Range, Churchill Mountains. The ice-covered feature rises to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) between Mansergh Snowfield and the head of Algie Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John W. Bieber of the Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware: he was United States Antarctic Program principal investigator for solar and heliospheric studies with Antarctic cosmic ray observations at McMurdo Station and South Pole Station, 1988–2002.

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