Captain Arturo Prat base

Captain Arturo Prat Base is a Chilean research station located at , in the , . Opened February 6, 1947 by the First Chilean Antarctic Expedition, it is the oldest Chilean Antarctic station.
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  • Type: Scientific research base
  • Description: Antarctic base
  • Also known as: Captain Arturo Prat Base” and “Captain Arturo Prat base (Chile)

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Poisson Hill.

Peak
is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of , in the , and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat to the west-southwest.

Captain Arturo Prat base

Latitude
-62.47872° or 62° 28′ 43″ south
Longitude
-59.6636° or 59° 39′ 49″ west
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
Open location code
3892G8CP+GH
Geo­Names ID
6620743
Wiki­data ID
Q715071
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Captain Arturo Prat base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محطة الكابتن أرتورو برات
  • Catalan: Base Naval Capità Arturo Prat
  • Cebuano: Captain Arturo Prat base
  • Chinese: 阿图罗·普拉特舰长站
  • Chinese: 阿圖羅·普拉特艦長站
  • Dutch: Captain Arturo Prat Basis
  • Finnish: Arturo Pratin asema
  • French: base navale Capitán-Arturo-Prat
  • French: Base navale Capitán-Arturo-Prat
  • German: Arturo Prat-Station
  • German: Arturo-Prat-Station
  • Italian: Base Arturo Prat
  • Italian: Base capitano Prat
  • Italian: Base Naval Capitán Arturo Prat
  • Italian: Base navale Arturo Prat
  • Italian: Base navale capitano Arturo Prat
  • Italian: Base Prat
  • Italian: Stazione Arturo Prat
  • Italian: Stazione capitano Arturo Prat
  • Japanese: Captain Arturo Prat基地
  • Japanese: アルトゥーロ・プラット観測基地
  • Latvian: Arturoprata
  • Macedonian: База „Капетан Артуро Прат“
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arturo Prat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Arturo Prat-basen
  • Norwegian: Arturo Prat
  • Norwegian: Captain Arturo Prat-basen (Chile)
  • Norwegian: Captain Arturo Prat-basen
  • Polish: Capitan Arturo Prat
  • Polish: Capitán Arturo Prat
  • Polish: Stacja antarktyczna kapitana Arturo Prata
  • Portuguese: Base Capitão Arturo Prat
  • Russian: Капитан-Артуро-Прат
  • Spanish: Base Capitan Arturo Prat
  • Spanish: Base Capitán Arturo Prat
  • Spanish: Base Naval Arturo Prat
  • Spanish: Base naval capitan arturo prat
  • Spanish: Base naval Capitán Arturo Prat
  • Spanish: Base Naval Capitán Arturo Prat
  • Spanish: Base Prat
  • Spanish: Pioneros de la antartica base Arturo Pratt
  • Swedish: Arturo Prat
  • Ukrainian: Капітан Артуро Прат

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