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词条 Speden Bench
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Speden Bench ({{coord|78|1|S|167|24|E|display=inline,title}}) is a bench (c.45 m) on the west side of White Island, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the north end, in Ross Archipelago. The bench comprises the NW-most moraine-covered volcanic outcrops on the island, upon which occur tuffaceous conglomerate block and shell fragments of the Scallop Hill Formation. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Ian G. Speden, New Zealand Geological Survey, DSIR, who, accompanied by A.C. Beck, collected fossiliferous deposits here, December 22, 1958.

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3 : Terraces of Antarctica|Landforms of the Ross Dependency|White Island (Ross Archipelago)

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