Benson Point is the ice-free headland forming the southwest extremity of Rugged Island in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

. It is a northwest entrance point for

Morton Strait Morton Strait is the -long and -wide strait between Snow Island on the southwest and Rugged Island and Livingston Island on the northeast, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The Aim Rocks and Long Rock lie in the strait. The feature ...

. The area was known to early 19th century sealers. The feature is named after Elof Benson, First Mate of the American brig ''Hersilia'' under Captain James Sheffield, which visited the South Shetlands in 1819–20 and 1820–21.

Location

The point is located at which is 3.2 km south by east of

Cape Sheffield Cape Sheffield is a cape forming the northwest extremity of Rugged Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was named for Captain James P. Sheffield, Master of the brig ''Hersilia'' of Stonington, Connecticut, in 1819–20 and 182 ...

, 4.6 km west by south of

Radev Point Radev Point ( bg, Радев нос, ‘Radev Nos’ \'ra-dev 'nos\) is a point in the southeast extremity of Rugged Island off the west coast of Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Kianida Reef lie ...

, 6.33 km west-northwest of Devils Point,

Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60� ...

and 7.16 km north by east of Cape Timblón, Snow Island (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, Argentine mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

Maps

Península Byers, Isla Livingston.
Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992. * L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
* Headlands of the South Shetland Islands {{LivingstonIsland-geo-stub