RNAS Culdrose

Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose is a Royal Navy airbase located beside the town of , situated on the Lizard Peninsula in southern , England, United Kingdom.
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Wikipedia
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Airport
  • Description: Royal Naval Air Station and military airbase in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “CDR”, “EGDR”, “HMS Seahawk”, and “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Helston Library and The Loe.

Library
Photo: Libraries Taskforce, CC BY 2.0.

Lagoon
Photo: Theitalianpen, Public domain.
, also known as Loe Pool, is the largest natural freshwater lake in , United Kingdom. The earliest recorded appearance of this simple name form was in 1337, when it was called "La Loo", but is mentioned as 'the lake' in 1302; Situated between and and downstream of , it is separated from by the shingle bank of Loe Bar.

Museum
Photo: Mutney, CC0.
is a museum situated in the former market town of , , , . It is located immediately behind Helston Guildhall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mellangoose and Trewennack.

Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the parish of , , England. A site in is described as a where the famous Cornish wrestler Captain Thomas Gundry regularly fought.

Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village northeast of in , England, United Kingdom. It is on the A394 main road. The name of the village comes from the Cornish language words tre, meaning 'farm' or 'settlement', and Gwedhenek, a personal name. is situated 2 miles north of RNAS Culdrose.

Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal village in south , England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the west side of the Lizard peninsula four miles south of , near Gunwalloe. is situated 2 miles southwest of RNAS Culdrose.

RNAS Culdrose

Latitude
50.08609° or 50° 5′ 10″ north
Longitude
-5.25571° or 5° 15′ 21″ west
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
ICAO airport code
EGDR
Open location code
9C2P3PPV+CP
Geo­Names ID
6296583
Wiki­data ID
Q1742813
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“RNAS Culdrose” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “CDR”
  • Arabic: “EGDR”
  • Arabic: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Arabic: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Cebuano: “CDR”
  • Cebuano: “Culdrose”
  • Cebuano: “EGDR”
  • Cebuano: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Cebuano: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Cornish: “CDR”
  • Cornish: “EGDR”
  • Cornish: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Cornish: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Dutch: “CDR”
  • Dutch: “EGDR”
  • Dutch: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Dutch: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • French: “CDR”
  • French: “EGDR”
  • French: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • French: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • German: “CDR”
  • German: “EGDR”
  • German: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • German: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Hebrew: “CDR”
  • Hebrew: “EGDR”
  • Hebrew: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Hebrew: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Indonesian: “CDR”
  • Indonesian: “EGDR”
  • Indonesian: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Japanese: “CDR”
  • Japanese: “EGDR”
  • Japanese: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Japanese: “カルドローズ海軍航空基地”
  • Malay: “CDR”
  • Malay: “EGDR”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Culdrose Navy”
  • Malay: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “CDR”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “EGDR”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Norwegian: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Persian: “CDR”
  • Persian: “EGDR”
  • Persian: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه آران‌ای‌اس کالدروس”
  • Romanian: “CDR”
  • Romanian: “EGDR”
  • Romanian: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Romanian: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Spanish: “CDR”
  • Spanish: “Culdrose Airfield”
  • Spanish: “EGDR”
  • Spanish: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Spanish: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Swedish: “CDR”
  • Swedish: “EGDR”
  • Swedish: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Swedish: “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”
  • Tajik: “CDR”
  • Tajik: “EGDR”
  • Tajik: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи орон‌ий‌ис колдрус”
  • Welsh: “CDR”
  • Welsh: “EGDR”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Kulros”
  • Welsh: “RNAS Culdrose”
  • “RNAS Culdrose”
  • “Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose”

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