Barkell platform
| Barkell platform | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mawson Escarpment | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 40 ′ S , 68 ° 16 ′ E | |
The Barkell platform is a narrow, 100 m wide and up to 1285 m high plateau in the East Antarctic Mac-Robertson-Lands . It is on the north end of Mawson Escarpment .
The platform was the location for the construction of a geodetic survey station during a 1971 campaign to the Prince Charles Mountains as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after Victor George Barkell (1925-1995), helicopter pilot of the crew working at this station.
Web links
- Barkell Platform in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barkell Platform on geographic.org (English)