Gonzalez Videla Station
González Videla Base is an inactive research station on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. It is named after Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ehquionest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: Chilean station in the Antarctic
- Also known as: “Gonzalez Videla Antarctic Base”, “González Videla Antarctic Base”, and “Gonzalez Videla Station (Chile)”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frödin, Mount and Hoegh, Mount.
Frödin, Mount
Peak
Paradise Harbour is a wide embayment behind Lemaire Island and Bryde Island, indenting the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica, between Duthiers Point and Leniz Point. The name was first applied by whalers operating in the vicinity and was in use by 1920.
Hoegh, Mount
Peak
Andvord Bay is a bay, 9 nautical miles long and 3 nautical miles wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Hoegh, Mount is situated 3 km east of Gonzalez Videla Station.
Gonzalez Videla Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gonzalez Videla Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gonzalez Videla Station”
- Chinese: “冈萨雷斯·魏德拉站”
- Chinese: “岡薩雷斯·魏德拉南極基地”
- Chinese: “岡薩雷斯·魏德拉站”
- Danish: “González Videla”
- German: “Gabriel-Gonzalez-Videla-Station”
- German: “González-Videla-Antarktis-Station”
- Italian: “Base Gabriel González Videla”
- Japanese: “ゴンザレスビデラ南極基地”
- Latvian: “Gabrjela Gonsalesa Videla”
- Latvian: “GGV”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “González Videla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “González Videla-basen”
- Norwegian: “Base Presidente Gabriel González Videla”
- Norwegian: “Gonzalez Videla-stasjonen (Chile)”
- Norwegian: “Gonzalez Videla-stasjonen”
- Polish: “González Videla”
- Spanish: “Base Gabriel Gonzalez Videla”
- Spanish: “Base Gabriel González Videla”
- Spanish: “Base Gonzalez Videla”
- Spanish: “Base González Videla”
- Spanish: “Base presidente gabriel gonzalez videla”
- Spanish: “Base Presidente Gabriel Gonzalez Videla”
- Spanish: “Base presidente gabriel gonzález videla”
- Spanish: “Base Presidente Gabriel González Videla”
- Swedish: “González Videla”
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