Law-Racovita Station
The Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station, known only as the Law-Racoviță Station until 2011, is the first Romanian station for research and exploration in Antarctica, named after the Romanian explorer Emil Racoviță and inaugurated on January 13, 2006, at the location of a station constructed in 1986 by Australia and leased to Romania.- Scientific research base
- …lies at an elevation of 65 metres (213 feet)
- Description: research station
- Also known as“Law-Racovita Station (Romania)”“Law-Racoviță-Negoiță Station”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bharati Research Station.
Bharati Research Station
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Bharati is a permanent Antarctic research station commissioned by India. Bharati Research Station is situated 8 km west of Law-Racovita Station.
Law-Racovita Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69.38333° or 69° 23′ south
Longitude
76.38333° or 76° 23′ east
Open location code
3J2RJ98M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Law-Racovita Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Law - Racovita Station”
- Chinese: “劳-拉科维泽站”
- Chinese: “勞-拉科維澤站”
- Chinese: “勞-拉科維策站”
- French: “Base antarctique de Law-Racoviță”
- German: “Law-Racoviță-Station”
- German: “Law-Racovita”
- Hungarian: “Law–Racoviță kutatóállomás”
- Italian: “Base Law-Racoviță-Negoiță”
- Japanese: “ロー・ラコヴィタ基地”
- Latvian: “Law Base”
- Latvian: “Law-Racoviţă”
- Latvian: “Lo-Rakovice”
- Latvian: “Racoviţă”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Law-Racoviță-Negoiță-stasjonen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Law-Racoviță-stasjonen”
- Norwegian: “Law-Racovita-stasjonen (Romania)”
- Norwegian: “Law-Racovita-stasjonen”
- Polish: “Law-Racoviță”
- Romanian: “Law-Racoviţă”
- Romanian: “Staţia Law-Racoviţă”
- Spanish: “Base Law-Racovita-Negoita”
- Spanish: “Base Law-Racovita”
- Swedish: “Law-Racoviţă”
- Ukrainian: “Лоу-Раковиці”
- Ukrainian: “Лоу-Раковіце”
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