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.
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  • Meteorological station
  • …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
  • …has the ICAO airport code NZCM
  • Description: airstrip in Antarctica
  • Also known as
    “NZWD”
    “Williams Airfield”
    “Willy Field”
    “Willy’s Field”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scott Base and Hut Point Peninsula.
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Hamlet
is a research station…
5 km west of Williams Field
Mike Martoccia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locality
is a long, narrow peninsula from…
6 km northwest of Williams Field
Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locality
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from…
7 km west of Williams Field

Williams Field

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Latitude
-77.86667° or 77° 52′ south
Longitude
166.96667° or 166° 58′ east
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.
Williams FieldCebuano
Williams Field (tugpahanan)Cebuano
Williams FieldDutch
Williams FieldFrench
Williams FieldGerman
ウィリアムズ飛行場Japanese
Williams FieldNorwegian
NZWDNorwegian Bokmål
Williams FieldNorwegian Bokmål
فرودگاه صحرایی ولیامزPersian
Campo WilliamsSpanish
Williams FieldSwedish
Williams Field (flygplats)Swedish
Фурудгоҳи саҳро влиомзTajik

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