pl23_cgs00306.jpg

Station Bennett on a volcanic diatreme similar to Shiprock

Description

Station Bennett on a volcanic diatreme similar to Shiprock. The station was onthe shoulder of the high sharp peak as the peak itself could only have beenscaled with great difficulty. Bennett Peak was named for Frank Bennett, Indianagent for the Navajos, in the late 19th Century. Party of Lieutenant JackJohnson.

Photographer

Mr. Floyd Risvold

Display Date

1934 May

Location

New Mexico, Near Shiprock

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey
Geodesy
Oscar and Floyd Risvold

NOAA Affiliation

USC&GS;