Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station is a Polish research station on King George Island, off the coast of Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: Antarctic research station
- Also known as: “Arctowski /Pol./”, “Arctowski Station”, “Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station (Poland)”, and “Henryk Arctowski Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arctowski Lighthouse and Jardine Peak.
Arctowski Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arctowski Lighthouse is situated 1 km southeast of Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station.
Jardine Peak
Peak
Jardine Peak is a peak, 285 metres high, standing 1 nautical mile southwest of Point Thomas on the west side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Ecology Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ecology Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, north of Llano Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the sponsor of nearby Arctowski Station. Ecology Glacier is situated 2½ km south of Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
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. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 9 km northeast of Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station.
Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة هنريك أركتوسكي”
- Arabic: “محطة هنريك اركتوسكي”
- Cebuano: “Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station”
- Chinese: “亨里克·阿克托夫斯基站”
- Dutch: “Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station”
- Finnish: “Arctowskin asema”
- Finnish: “Arctowskin tutkimusasema”
- Finnish: “Henryk Arctowskin tutkimusasema”
- French: “base antarctique Arctowski”
- French: “Base antarctique Arctowski”
- German: “Arctowski-Station”
- Greek: “Πολωνικός Ανταρκτικός Σταθμός «Χένρικ Αρτστόφσκι»”
- Italian: “Base Arctowski”
- Italian: “Base Henryk Arctowski”
- Italian: “Polska Stacja Antarktyczna im. Henryka Arctowskiego”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica polacca Henryk Arctowski”
- Italian: “Stazione Arctowski”
- Italian: “Stazione Henryk Arctowski”
- Japanese: “ヘンリク・アルクトフスキ基地”
- Latvian: “Arctovski”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arctowski (forskningsstasjon)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Henryk Arctowski-stasjonen”
- Norwegian: “Henryk Arctowski antarktiske forskningsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Henryk Arctowski-stasjonen (Polen)”
- Norwegian: “Henryk Arctowski-stasjonen”
- Polish: “Polska Stacja Antarktyczna im. Henryka Arctowskiego”
- Polish: “Polska Stacja Polarna im. Henryka Arctowskiego”
- Polish: “Stacja im. H. Arctowskiego”
- Portuguese: “Estação Antártica Polaca Henryk Arctowski”
- Russian: “Арцтовский”
- Spanish: “Base Henryk Arctowski”
- Swedish: “Arctowski”
- Ukrainian: “Арцтовський (антарктична станція)”
- Ukrainian: “Арцтовський”
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