Name details

Barkell Platform

Barkell Platform (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Barkell Platform  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2136

Feature type: Platform

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A narrow, level rock platform approximately 100 m wide, on the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment. The feature was the site of geodetic survey station during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1971. Named after Vic G. Barkell, helicopter pilot with the survey.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 41' 26.8" S
-72.69078°
Accurate to 20m
Longitude:
68° 11' 08.5" E
68.18569°
Accurate to 20m
Altitude:
1286 m
Accurate to 20m

Images


©Helicopter Resources pilot- Ricardo Piacenza 2004
Catalogue id
IA16637
Caption
A narrow level rock platform about 100 metres wide on the north end of the Mawson Escarpment - the site of geodetic survey station during a PCM survey 1971
Photographer
Piacenza, Ricardo

Map

Source

Location Method:
Surveyed
Source Name:
Geoscience Australia Survey Control Database
Source Identifier:
Survey Control ( NMS174 - Barkell Platform)
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Geoscience Australia
Remote sensing:
LIMA E133_RGB_321_1X

Comments

Location from description near geodetic survey mark

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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