Byrd Station
The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: former antarctic base of the United States
- Also known as: “Bērdkampa” and “Byrd Station (United States)”
Byrd Station
- Categories: Antarctic research station and Antarctic field camp
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-80.01667° or 80° 1′ south
Longitude
-119.53333° or 119° 32′ west
Elevation
1,515 metres (4,970 feet)
Open location code
25F2XFM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Byrd Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Byrd Station”
- Chinese: “伯德站”
- Finnish: “Byrdin asema”
- French: “Base antarctique Byrd”
- French: “Station Byrd”
- German: “Byrd-Station”
- Indonesian: “Byrd Station”
- Italian: “stazione Byrd”
- Italian: “Stazione Byrd”
- Japanese: “バード基地”
- Latvian: “Bērda”
- Lithuanian: “Berdo stotis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byrd-stasjonen”
- Norwegian: “Byrd (USA)”
- Norwegian: “Byrd”
- Polish: “Byrd”
- Portuguese: “Estação Byrd”
- Russian: “Бэрд”
- Spanish: “Base Byrd”
- Swedish: “Byrd Station”
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