Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station
Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I, is a seasonal scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: research station
- Also known as: “Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base” and “Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station (Spain)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hesperides Hill and Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel.
Hesperides Hill
Peak
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Hesperides Hill is a ridge linked by a saddle of elevation 52 m with the northern slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
Church
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The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica. Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel is situated 1¼ km northeast of Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station.
Pesyakov Hill
Peak
Pesyakov Hill is the ice-free hill rising to 36 m next south-southwest of the 1988 buildings of St. Kliment Ohridski Base on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Base Antártica Xuan Carlos I”
- Basque: “Joan Karlos I.a basea”
- Basque: “Juan Carlos I.a antartikar basea”
- Bulgarian: “База Хуан Карлос I”
- Bulgarian: “Хуан Карлос I”
- Catalan: “Base Antàrtica Espanyola Joan Carles I”
- Catalan: “Base Antàrtica Joan Carles I”
- Catalan: “Base Joan Carles I”
- Catalan: “Joan Carles I”
- Cebuano: “Juan Carlos I Spanish Antarctic Station”
- Chinese: “胡安·卡洛斯一世站”
- Czech: “Antarktická základna Juana Carlose I.”
- Czech: “Juan Carlos I.”
- Dutch: “Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base”
- French: “Base antarctique Juan Carlos Ier”
- French: “Base Juan Carlos I”
- French: “Juan Carlos Primero”
- Galician: “BAE Juan Carlos I”
- Galician: “Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos I”
- German: “Juan-Carlos-I.-Station”
- Italian: “Base antartica Juan Carlos I”
- Italian: “Base antartica spagnola Juan Carlos I”
- Italian: “Base antartica spagnola Juan Carlos”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica Juan Carlos I”
- Italian: “Stazione Antartica Juan Carlos”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica spagnola Juan Carlos I”
- Italian: “Stazione antartica spagnola Juan Carlos”
- Italian: “Stazione Juan Carlos I”
- Italian: “Stazione Juan Carlos”
- Latvian: “Huankarlosa I”
- Macedonian: “Хуан Карлос I (поларна база)”
- Macedonian: “Хуан Карлос I”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Juan Carlos I-basen”
- Norwegian: “Juan Carlos I-stasjonen (Spain)”
- Norwegian: “Juan Carlos I-stasjonen”
- Polish: “Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica Espanola Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica Española Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Espanola Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Juan Carlos I”
- Spanish: “Base Juan Carlos I”
- Swedish: “Juan Carlos I”
- Ukrainian: “Хуан Карлос I”
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