Mount Benson (South Australia)

This article is about the hill in Australia. For the locality, see Mount Benson, South Australia. For other uses, see Mount Benson (disambiguation).

Mount Benson
Highest point
Elevation77 m (253 ft)[1]
Coordinates37°08′04″S 139°47′51″E / 37.134498°S 139.797497°E / -37.134498; 139.797497
Geography
LocationSouth Australia, Australia

Mount Benson is a 77-metre (253 ft) high hill[1] located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north north-east of Robe in the south east of South Australia. It was named in 1839 either by Governor Grey after a stockman employed by Charles Bonney or by Bonney himself. Mount Benson itself is located both within the locality of the same name and the wine region of the same name.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 175: North, West, and South Coasts of Australia (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 229.
  2. ^ "Manning Index: Benson, Mount". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Mount Benson". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  4. ^ "Property Location Browser Report for Placename Details: Mount Benson, MT". The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. ^ Longbottom, Mardi; Maschmedt, David; Pichler, Markus (2011), Unearthing viticulture in the Limestone Coast (PDF), p. 12, ISBN 978-0-646-56744-0, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2014, retrieved 5 November 2014