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It sits atop a featureless, barren, windswept and icy plateau at an altitude of 2,835 metres (9,301 ft) above sea level, and is located about 1,300 km (800 mi) from the nearest open sea at Bay of Whales.
On January 24, 1978, Air France Concorde F-BVFC operated a special flight from Paris to …