Taylor Platform

Taylor Platform (71°1′S 67°9′E / 71.017°S 67.150°E / -71.017; 67.150Coordinates: 71°1′S 67°9′E / 71.017°S 67.150°E / -71.017; 67.150) is a low, fairly flat rock massif about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Brocklehurst in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for F.J. Taylor, ionosphere physicist at Mawson Station in 1964.

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