Antarctica

Troll Airfield (Norway)

Troll Airfield is an airstrip located 6.8 kilometres from the research station in in , . Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a 3,300-by-100-metre runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet.
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  • Type: Airfield
  • Description: Airstrip in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Troll airfield” and “Troll Airfield”

Troll Airfield (Norway)

Latitude
-72° or 72° south
Longitude
2.53333° or 2° 32′ east
Population
5
Elevation
1,270 metres (4,167 feet)
Open location code
2FW42G2M+28
Geo­Names ID
6620460
Wiki­data ID
Q3355017
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Tajik—“Troll Airfield (Norway)” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տրոլ թռիչքադաշտ”
  • Asturian: “Aeródromu de Troll”
  • Catalan: “Aeròrdrom Troll”
  • Chinese: “特罗尔机场”
  • French: “aérodrome de Troll”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Troll”
  • Macedonian: “Трол (аеродром)”
  • Macedonian: “Трол”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Troll Airfield”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Troll flyplass”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Troll Airfield”
  • Norwegian: “Troll Airfield”
  • Norwegian: “Troll flystripe”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه ترول”
  • Polish: “Lotnisko Troll”
  • Russian: “аэродром Тролль”
  • Spanish: “Aerodromo de Troll”
  • Spanish: “Aeródromo de Troll”
  • Swedish: “Troll flygfält”
  • Swedish: “Trolls flygfält”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи трул”

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