Williams Field

Williams Field or Willy Field is a United States Antarctic Program airfield in . Williams Field consists of two snow runways located on approximately 8 meters of compacted snow, lying on top of 8–10 ft of ice, floating over 550 meters of water.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Meteorological station
  • Description: airstrip in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “NZWD”, “Williams Airfield”, “Willy Field”, and “Willy’s Field”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scott Base and Hut Point Peninsula.

Hamlet
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is a research station at on near in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. is situated 5 km west of Williams Field.

Locality
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is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the . is situated 6 km northwest of Williams Field.

Locality
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Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula. is situated 7 km west of Williams Field.

Williams Field

Latitude
-77.86667° or 77° 52′ south
Longitude
166.96667° or 166° 58′ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
ICAO airport code
NZCM
Open location code
2VJ84XM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
6299983
Wiki­data ID
Q2748837
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Williams Field” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Williams Field (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Williams Field”
  • Dutch: “Williams Field”
  • French: “Williams Field”
  • German: “Williams Field”
  • Japanese: “ウィリアムズ飛行場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NZWD”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Williams Field”
  • Norwegian: “Williams Field”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی ولیامز”
  • Spanish: “Campo Williams”
  • Swedish: “Williams Field (flygplats)”
  • Swedish: “Williams Field”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро влиомз”

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