Antarctica

Marambio Airport

Marambio Airport is an airport serving , an research station on in the . Marambio is the main air-support node for most local and foreign stations in Argentine Antarctica, providing year-round medical evacuation, search and rescue, personnel, cargo, and mail transfer.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Seymour Island
  • Also known as: “Base Marambio Airport” and “Marambio Station”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Lujan and Museo Patrulla Soberanía.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 ar.
The Chapel of Santísima Virgen de Luján or the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Luján is a Roman Catholic located at the Argentine base on in .

Museum
Photo: Duruk Terk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Valley
Seymour Island or Marambio Island, is an island in the chain of 16 major islands around the tip of the on the . Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America.

Marambio Airport

Latitude
-64.23932° or 64° 14′ 22″ south
Longitude
-56.63131° or 56° 37′ 53″ west
Population
70
Operator
Argentina
ICAO airport code
SAWB
United Nations Location Code
AQ MRB
Open location code
3875Q969+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1162265300
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6620767
Wiki­data ID
Q5659189
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Marambio Airport” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Passenger Terminal and Dining room and Games room.

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