Machu Picchu Research Station
The Machu Picchu Scientific Base is a Peruvian polar scientific research facility in Antarctica, established to conduct Antarctic research on geology, climatology and biology.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: antarctic station of Peru
- Also known as: “Machu Picchu Base” and “Machu Picchu Research Station (Peru)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wegger Peak and Cockscomb Hill.
Wegger Peak
Peak
Wegger Peak is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908–10.
Cockscomb Hill
Peak
Cockscomb Hill is a conspicuous hill shaped like a cockscomb, 140 metres high, which rises through the glacier at the head of Mackellar Inlet in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
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 4 km east of Machu Picchu Research Station.
Machu Picchu Research Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Machu Picchu Research Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Machu Picchu Research Station”
- Chinese: “馬丘比丘站”
- Chinese: “马丘比丘站”
- French: “base antarctique Machu Picchu”
- French: “Base antarctique Machu Picchu”
- German: “Base Machu Picchu”
- Italian: “Base Machu Picchu”
- Latvian: “Mačupikču”
- Macedonian: “База „Мачу Пикчу“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Machu Picchu-basen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Machu Picchu-basen”
- Norwegian: “Machu Picchu forskingsstasjon (Peru)”
- Norwegian: “Machu Picchu forskingsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Machu Picchu-basen”
- Polish: “Machu Picchu”
- Portuguese: “Base Machu Picchu”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Pesquisas Machu Picchu”
- Spanish: “Base Machu Picchu”
- Swedish: “Machu Picchu Research Station”
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