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Originally Posted by janoskiss
True. That is why we should work more closely with the neighbours and put some serious dough into setting up and running a kick-ass big modern telescope in New Zealand.
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A real chalenge would be in Antartica
http://www.aad.gov.au/asset/images/4...ag_raising.jpg
Antarctica is the highest continent on earth: average elevation is 2500 meters (average elevation of Australia is only 340 meters). The height of the South Pole is 2835 meters.
The highest point on the icecap in Australian Antarctic Territory, at 4100 meters, at 82 20'S, 56 30'E.