Macquarie Island Station
The Macquarie Island Station, commonly called Macca, is a permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island, situated in the Southern Ocean and located approximately halfway between Mainland Australia and Antarctica, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division.
- Monitoring station
- …lies at an elevation of 6 metres (20 feet)
- …has the ICAO airport code YMMQ
- …is operated by Bureau of Meteorology
- Description: permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island (Macca), Southern Ocean
- Category: research station
- Location
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Latitude
-54.49907° or 54° 29′ 57″ south
Longitude
158.93629° or 158° 56′ 11″ east
Open location code
3RQWGW2P+9G
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Macquarie Island Station” goes by many names.
Macquarie BaseCebuano
תחנת האי מקוואריHebrew
Macquarie-szigeti kutató állomásHungarian
MakvoriailendaLatvian
Macquarie Island-stasjonenNorwegian Nynorsk
Macquarie IslandPolish
МаккуориRussian
Остров МаккуориRussian
Macquarie BaseSwedish
Острів МаккуоріUkrainian
Острів Маккуорі (антарктична станція)Ukrainian
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