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Bartlett Bench is a bare, flat benchlike elevation which overlooks Bartlett Glacier from the east, located south-southwest of
Mount Ruth The Rawson Mountains lie within the Queen Maud Mountains to the southeast of the Ross Ice Shelf. They stand between the head of the Amundsen Glacier, Amundsen and Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Scott Glaciers. Peaks within the range inclu ...
in the
Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic P ...
. It was mapped by the
U.S. Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and ...
from surveys and from
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air photos, 1960–64, and named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
Scott Glacier Party, 1969–70, in association with Bartlett Glacier.


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Mesas of Antarctica Landforms of the Ross Dependency Amundsen Coast {{RossDependency-geo-stub