Artigas Base
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
- Scientific research base
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- …is also known as “Artigas Base (Uruguay)”
- Description: research station in Antarctica
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Collins and Fildes Peninsula.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that… Fildes Peninsula is situated 3 km northwest of Artigas Base.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres… Profound Lake is situated 3 km southwest of Artigas Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 6 km southwest of Artigas Base.
Artigas Base
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.175° or 62° 10′ 30″ south
Longitude
-58.86167° or 58° 51′ 42″ west
Open location code
3893R4GQ+28
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Artigas Base” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Base Artigas”
- Catalan: “Base Científica Antàrtica Artigas”
- Cebuano: “Artigas Base”
- Chinese: “阿蒂加斯站”
- Croatian: “Istraživačka baza Artigas”
- Dutch: “Artigas Basis”
- Dutch: “Artigas-basis”
- French: “Base antarctique General Artigas”
- French: “base Artigas”
- French: “Base Artigas”
- German: “Artigas-Station”
- German: “Base Científica Antártica Artigas”
- Italian: “Base Artigas”
- Latvian: “Artigasa”
- Macedonian: “База „Артигас“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Artigas (forskningsstasjon)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Artigas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Base Artigas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Artigas-basen”
- Norwegian: “Artigas-basen (Uruguay)”
- Norwegian: “Artigas-basen”
- Norwegian: “Artigas”
- Polish: “Artigas”
- Russian: “Артигас”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas (Antartida)”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas (Antártida)”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base cientifica antartica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Cientifica Antartica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base cientifica antártica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Cientifica Antártica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base científica antartica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Científica Antartica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base científica antártica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Científica Antártica Artigas”
- Spanish: “BCAA”
- Swedish: “Artigas”
- Ukrainian: “Артігас”
- Ukrainian: “Артіґас”
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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