Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: research station in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station” and “Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base (Brazil)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wawel Hill and Ullmann Spur.
Wawel Hill
Peak
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named "Góra Wawel" in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after a hill by this name in Kraków, historic site of the castle of the Polish kings. Wawel Hill is situated 3½ km south of Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Ullmann Spur is situated 3 km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base.
Precious Peaks
Peak
Precious Peaks is a line of about three dark peaks at the northeast side of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Precious Peaks is situated 3½ km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base.
Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة القائد فيراز”
- Azerbaijani: “Komandante Ferras”
- Catalan: “Base Comandant Ferraz”
- Catalan: “Estació Antàrtica Comandant Ferraz”
- Catalan: “Estació Antàrtica Comandante Ferraz”
- Cebuano: “Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base”
- Chinese: “費拉斯少校南極站”
- Chinese: “费拉斯少校南极站”
- Dutch: “Comandante Ferraz”
- French: “base antarctique Comandante Ferraz”
- French: “Base antarctique Comandante Ferraz”
- German: “Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
- Hebrew: “בסיס קומנדנטה פרז”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica comandante Ferraz”
- Japanese: “コマンダンテ・フェラス南極基地”
- Japanese: “コマンダンテ・フェラス基地”
- Kazakh: “Команданте Феррас (антарктикалық станция)”
- Kazakh: “Команданте Феррас”
- Korean: “코만단치 페하스 남극 기지”
- Latvian: “Komandanteferrasa”
- Macedonian: “Антарктичката станица „Командант Фераз“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Comandante Ferraz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Comandante Ferraz-basen”
- Norwegian: “Comandante Ferraz”
- Norwegian: “Kommandant Ferraz-basen (Brasil)”
- Norwegian: “Kommandant Ferraz-basen”
- Polish: “Comandante Ferraz”
- Portuguese: “Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
- Romanian: “Comandante Ferraz”
- Russian: “Команданте Феррас”
- Russian: “Команданте-Феррац”
- Spanish: “Estacion Antartica Comandante Ferraz”
- Spanish: “Estación antártica Comandante Ferraz”
- Spanish: “Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
- Swedish: “Comandante Ferraz”
- Turkish: “Comandante Ferraz Antarktika İstasyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Команданте Ферраз”
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