Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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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Feature type: Platform
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:
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.
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