Showa Station
Syowa Station is a Japanese permanent research station on East Ongul Island in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Built in 1957, Syowa Station is named for the era in the Japanese calendar during which it was established, the Shōwa period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: research station
- Also known as: “Showa Station (Japan)”, “Syowa /Nip./”, and “Syowa Station”
Showa Station
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Showa Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة شوا”
- Azerbaijani: “Şova”
- Cebuano: “Showa Station”
- Chinese: “昭和基地”
- Czech: “Showa”
- Dutch: “Showa Station”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Showa”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Ŝoŭa”
- Finnish: “Showa”
- French: “base antarctique Shōwa”
- French: “Base antarctique Shōwa”
- French: “base Shōwa”
- French: “base Syowa”
- French: “station de recherche scientifique Shōwa”
- German: “Showa-Station”
- German: “Shōwa-Station”
- German: “Syowa Base”
- German: “Syowa-Station”
- Italian: “Base Syowa”
- Italian: “Stazione Showa”
- Italian: “Stazione Shōwa”
- Italian: “Stazione Syowa”
- Italian: “Syowa”
- Japanese: “しょうわきち”
- Japanese: “昭和基地”
- Korean: “쇼와 기지”
- Latvian: “Shōwa”
- Latvian: “Sjova”
- Latvian: “Šova”
- Minangkabau: “Stasiun Showa (Antarktika)”
- Minangkabau: “Stasiun Showa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Syowa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Showa-stasjonen”
- Norwegian: “Showa-stasjonen (Japan)”
- Norwegian: “Showa”
- Norwegian: “Syowa”
- Persian: “ایستگاه شووا (قطب جنوب)”
- Persian: “ایستگاه شووا”
- Polish: “Syowa”
- Portuguese: “Estação Showa”
- Russian: “Сева”
- Russian: “Сёва”
- Spanish: “Base Showa”
- Spanish: “Base Syowa”
- Swedish: “Syowa”
- Turkish: “Shōwa İstasyonu”
- Ukrainian: “Сьова”
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