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Bennett Platform

Coordinates: 85°13′S 177°50′W / 85.217°S 177.833°W / -85.217; -177.833
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Bennett Platform (85°13′S 177°50′W / 85.217°S 177.833°W / -85.217; -177.833) is a high, nearly flat, snow-free mesa of dark rock of Antarctica, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) wide, located immediately east of Mount Black, on the west side of Shackleton Glacier. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Floyd Bennett, copilot on the Byrd North Pole Flight of May 1926.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Bennett Platform". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

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