The Bentley Subglacial Trench is a vast topographic trench in Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica , 80°S, 115°W. At 2,555 meters (8,382 ft) below sea level , it (along with the deepest points within the adjacent Byrd Subglacial Basin ) is among the lowest points on the surface of the Earth not covered by ocean, although it is covered by ice. (See Extremes on Earth and Vestfold Hills ).
3-475: The trench was named in 1961 after Charles R. Bentley , who was the geophysicist in charge of the scientific expeditions in West Antarctica in 1957–59 that led to its discovery. In 2016, some hot anomalies were detected beneath Bentley Subglacial Trench and Mount Sidley volcano. 80°S 115°W / 80°S 115°W / -80; -115 This Marie Byrd Land location article
6-612: A handful of other scientists including Mario Giovinetto set out on an expedition across West Antarctica in tracked vehicles to make the first measurements of the ice sheet. He was awarded the Seligman Crystal by the International Glaciological Society in 1990. He died on August 19, 2017, at the age of 87 in Oakland, California . This article about an American scientist is
9-663: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charles R. Bentley Charles Raymond Bentley (December 23, 1929 – August 19, 2017) was an American glaciologist and geophysicist , born in Rochester, New York . He was a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison . Mount Bentley and the Bentley Subglacial Trench in Antarctica are named after him. In 1957, he and
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