Macquarie Base
The Macquarie Island Station, commonly called Macca, is a permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island, situated in the Southern Ocean and located approximately halfway between Mainland Australia and Antarctica, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division.Macquarie Base
- Type: Scientific research base
- Also known as: “Macquarie Base (Australia)”
- Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-54.49995° or 54° 29′ 60″ southLongitude
158.9356° or 158° 56′ 8″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
3RQWGW2P+26GeoNames ID
6620765
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“Macquarie Base” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Macquarie-basen (Australia)”
- Norwegian: “Macquarie-basen”
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