Else platform
| Else platform | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Else Platform is a raised and flattened rock massif in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . The plateau is at the northern end of the Jetty Peninsula .
It was the location of a surveying station manned by the Australian geodesist Maxwell Neil Rubeli (* 1943) during the 1969 campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions to explore the Prince Charles Mountains . It is named after Harvey Else, helicopter pilot on this research trip.
Web links
- Else Platform in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Else Platform on geographic.org (English)