They were mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–61), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant Colonel Mieczysław G. Bekker, Polish-born Canadian engineer, the author of Theory of Land Locomotion, 1956, a comprehensive source of information on the physical relationship between snow mechanics and track-laying vehicles, skis and sledges.
Bekker co-authored the general idea and contributed significantly to the design and construction of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used by missions Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 on the Moon.
Mieczysław Czechowicz | Mieczysław Jastrun | Mieczysław Horszowski | Mieczysław Rakowski | Mieczysław Krawicz | Mieczysław Karłowicz | Mieczysław Weinberg | Mieczysław Wachowski | Mieczysław G. Bekker | August Immanuel Bekker |