St. Kliment Ohridski Base
St. Kliment Ohridski Base is a Bulgarian Antarctic base on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base, originally known as Sofia University Refuge or Hemus Base, was named in 1993 for medieval Bulgarian scholar St.Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: Bulgarian base in antarctic
- Also known as: “Saint Kliment Ohridski Base” and “St. Kliment Ohridski Base (Bulgaria)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belozem Hill and Sinemorets Hill.
Belozem Hill
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belozem Hill is the northeasternmost of a chain of hills along Bulgarian Beach on Hurd Peninsula in the east of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.
Sinemorets Hill
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sinemorets Hill is the second most prominent in the chain of hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
Church
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the St. Kliment Ohridski Base of Bulgaria, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica. Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel is situated 1¼ km southwest of St. Kliment Ohridski Base.
St. Kliment Ohridski Base
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“St. Kliment Ohridski Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة كليمنت أوهريدسكي”
- Arabic: “قاعدة_كليمنت_أوهريدسكي”
- Bulgarian: “База „Свети Климент Охридски“”
- Bulgarian: “База Свети Климент Охридски”
- Bulgarian: “Българска база в Антарктида”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Климент Охридски”
- Bulgarian: “Станция Свети Климент Охридски”
- Catalan: “base Sant Climent d’Ocrida”
- Catalan: “Base Sant Climent d’Ocrida”
- Catalan: “Base Sant Climent d’Ohrid”
- Catalan: “Sant Climent d’Ocrida”
- Catalan: “Sant Climent d’Ohrid”
- Cebuano: “St. Kliment Ohridski Base”
- Chinese: “圣克莱门特·奥赫里德站”
- Chinese: “聖克萊門特·奧赫裏德站”
- Chinese: “聖克萊門特·奧赫里德站”
- Chinese: “聖基利文基地”
- Croatian: “Bugarska antarktička baza sv. Klimenta Ohridskog”
- Croatian: “Znanstvena baza Sv. Klement Ohridski”
- Dutch: “St. Kliment Ohridski Base”
- French: “base antarctique Saint-Clément-d’Ohrid”
- French: “Base antarctique Saint-Clément-d’Ohrid”
- German: “St.-Kliment-Ohridski-Station”
- Greek: “Βάση του Αγίου Κλήμη της Αχρίδας”
- Italian: “Base Ohridski”
- Italian: “Base San Clemente di Ocrida”
- Italian: “Baza Sv. Kliment Ohridski”
- Italian: “St. Kliment Ohridski Base”
- Italian: “Stazione San Clemente di Ocrida”
- Japanese: “オフリドの聖クリメント基地”
- Latvian: “Sveti Klimenta Ohridski”
- Macedonian: “Антарктичка научна база „Св. Климент Охридски“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Kliment Ohridski-basen”
- Norwegian: “St. Kliment Ohridski forskningsstasjon”
- Norwegian: “St. Kliment Ohridski-basen (Bulgaria)”
- Norwegian: “St. Kliment Ohridski-basen”
- Ossetian: “Охриды Сыгъдæг Клименты базæ”
- Polish: “Kliment Ochridski”
- Polish: “Kliment Ohridski”
- Portuguese: “Base São Clemente de Ohrid”
- Russian: “Святой Климент Охридский”
- Slovenian: “Baza Sv. Kliment Ohridski”
- Spanish: “Base San Clemente de Ohrid”
- Swedish: “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Turkish: “Aziz Kliment Ohridski Üssü”
- Ukrainian: “Святий Климент Охридський”
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