Rothera Research Station

The Rothera Research Station is a British Antarctic Survey base on the , located at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island. Rothera also serves as the capital of the British Antarctic Territory, a British Overseas Territory.
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  • Scientific research base
  • …has about 100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: British Antarctic Survey base on the Antarctic Peninsula
  • Also known as
    “Rothera”
    “Rothera /Brit./”
    “Rothera Research Station (United Kingdom)”
    “Rothera Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rothera Air Facility and Dirck Gerritsz.
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Aerodrome
is an airfield serving…
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Dwelling
Laboratory is a Dutch … is situated 560 metres south of Rothera Research Station.
Islet
is a small island lying east… is situated 2½ km east of Rothera Research Station.

Rothera Research Station

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Latitude
-67.56586° or 67° 33′ 57″ south
Longitude
-68.12875° or 68° 7′ 44″ west
Open location code
374HCVMC+MG
Geo­Names ID
6620782
Wiki­data ID
Q1635867

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rothera Research Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة روثيرا للابحاث”
  • Arabic: “محطة روثيرا”
  • Belarusian: “Даследчая станцыя Ратэра”
  • Belarusian: “Даследчая станцыя Ротэра”
  • Catalan: “Base Rothera”
  • Cebuano: “Rothera Research Station”
  • Chinese: “罗瑟拉研究站”
  • Chinese: “罗瑟拉站”
  • Chinese: “羅瑟拉站”
  • Czech: “Rothera”
  • Dutch: “Dirck Gerritsz Laboratorium”
  • Finnish: “Rothera Research Station”
  • Finnish: “Rothera”
  • Finnish: “Rotheran tutkimusasema”
  • French: “Base antarctique Rothera”
  • German: “Rothera Research Station”
  • German: “Rothera-Station”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת מחקר רות’רה”
  • Italian: “Base Rothera”
  • Japanese: “ロセラ基地”
  • Japanese: “ロセラ研究基地”
  • Korean: “로데라 기지”
  • Korean: “로데라”
  • Latvian: “Rotera”
  • Latvian: “Rothera Research Station”
  • Latvian: “Stacija R”
  • Latvian: “Station R”
  • Lithuanian: “Rotera”
  • Lithuanian: “Roteros tyrimų stotis”
  • Macedonian: “Ротера (истражувачка станица)”
  • Macedonian: “Ротера”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rothera Research Station”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rothera”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rothera-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Rothera Antarctic Research Station”
  • Norwegian: “Rothera forskingsstasjon (Storbritannia)”
  • Norwegian: “Rothera forskingsstasjon”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه تحقیقاتی روثرا”
  • Polish: “Rothera”
  • Pushto: “روتھرا ریسرچ اسٹیشن”
  • Russian: “Ротера (антарктическая станция)”
  • Russian: “Ротера”
  • Spanish: “Base Rothera”
  • Spanish: “Rothera”
  • Swedish: “Rothera”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи таҳқеқот русро”
  • Thai: “โรเดอรา”
  • Turkish: “Rothera”
  • Ukrainian: “Ротера”
  • Urdu: “روتھرا ریسرچ اسٹیشن”
  • Vietnamese: “Rothera”

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