Benton Island is an ice-covered island about long, lying northwest of Nolan Island in the Marshall Archipelago. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William T. Benton, BM1, U.S. Navy, Boatswain's Mate aboard along this coast, 1961–62. See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands References Islands of Marie Byrd Land