Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station
Gabriel de Castilla Base is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The station was constructed in late 1989.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: polar research station on the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Gabriel de Castilla”, “Gabriel de Castilla Base”, and “Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station (Spain)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wensleydale Beacon and Deception.
Wensleydale Beacon
Peak
Wensleydale Beacon is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Fumarole Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Deception
Dwelling
Deception Station is an Argentine antarctic base located at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. Deception is situated 1¼ km southwest of Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station.
Crater Lake
Lake
Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 6 km northeast of Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station.
Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gabriel de Castilla basea”
- Catalan: “Base Antàrtica Gabriel de Castilla”
- Cebuano: “Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Station”
- Chinese: “加布裏埃爾·卡斯蒂利亞站”
- Chinese: “加布里埃尔·卡斯蒂利亚站”
- Chinese: “加布里埃爾·卡斯蒂利亚站”
- Chinese: “加布里埃爾·卡斯蒂利亞站”
- Dutch: “Gabriel de Castilla”
- French: “base antarctique Gabriel de Castilla”
- French: “Base antarctique Gabriel de Castilla”
- French: “Base antarctique Gabriel de Castille”
- German: “Gabriel-de-Castilla-Station”
- Italian: “Base antartica spagnola dell’esercito Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Base antartica spagnola Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Base de Castilla”
- Italian: “Base Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Base spagnola Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica spagnola Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica spagnola de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica spagnola Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione Gabriel de Castilla”
- Italian: “Stazione spagnola Gabriel de Castilla”
- Japanese: “ガブリエル・デ・カスティージャ観測基地”
- Latvian: “Gabrjela de Kastilja”
- Macedonian: “Базата Габриел де Кастиља”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabriel de Castilla-basen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gabriel de Castilla”
- Norwegian: “Base Antártica Gabriel de Castilla”
- Norwegian: “Gabriel de Castilla-stasjonen (Spania)”
- Norwegian: “Gabriel de Castilla-stasjonen”
- Polish: “Gabriel de Castilla”
- Portuguese: “Estação Antártica Espanhola Gabriel de Castilla”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Española del Ejército de Tierra Gabriel de Castilla”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Gabriel de Castilla”
- Spanish: “Gabriel de Castilla”
- Swedish: “Gabriel de Castilla”
- Ukrainian: “Габріель де Кастилья”
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