Orcadas Base

Base Orcadas is an scientific station in , and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on , one of the , at 4 meters above sea level and 170 meters from the coastline.
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  • Scientific research base
  • …has about 1,040 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 4 metres (13 feet)
  • …has the ICAO airport code SAYO
  • Description: research station
  • Also known as
    “Estacion Orcadas”
    “Orcadas Base (Argentina)”
    “Orcadas Station”

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Orcadas Base

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Latitude
-60.73333° or 60° 44′ south
Longitude
-44.73333° or 44° 44′ west
Open location code
38FQ7788+MM
Geo­Names ID
6620777
Wiki­data ID
Q1440159

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Orcadas Base” goes by many names.
Orcadas BaseCebuano
奥尔卡达斯站Chinese
Orcadas BaseDutch
Stacio OrcadasEsperanto
OrcadasEstonian
Orcadase polaarjaamEstonian
OrcadasFinnish
Base antarctique OrcadasFrench
Orcadas-StationGerman
Βάση ΟρκάδαςGreek
Σταθμός ΟρκάδαςGreek
תחנת החיזוי אורקדאסHebrew
Orcadas kutatóállomásHungarian
Pangkalan OrkadasIndonesian
base OrcadasItalian
Distaccamento navale OrcadasItalian
オルカダス基地Japanese
오르카다스 기지Korean
OrkadasaLatvian
База „Оркадас“Macedonian
OrcadasNorwegian
Orcadas-basenNorwegian
Orcadas-basen (Argentina)Norwegian
OrcadasNorwegian Bokmål
Orcadas-basenNorwegian Nynorsk
OrcadasPolish
Base OrcadasPortuguese
Baza OrcadasRomanian
ОркадасRussian
Base OrcadasSpanish
Estación OrcadasSpanish
OrcadasSwedish
Orcadas BaseSwedish
Orcadas ÜssüTurkish
ОркадасUkrainian
اورکاڈاس بیسUrdu

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