Showa Station

Syowa Station is a Japanese permanent research station on in , . Built in 1957, Syowa Station is named for the era in the Japanese calendar during which it was established, the Shōwa period.
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  • Type: Scientific research base
  • Description: research station
  • Also known as: “base Shōwa”, “base Syowa”, “Shōwa”, “Showa Station (Japan)”, “Showa-Station”, “Sjova”, “Stacio Ŝoŭa”, “station de recherche scientifique Shōwa”, “Stazione Showa”, “Stazione Syowa”, “Syowa /Nip./”, “Syowa Base”, “Syowa Station”, “Syowa-Station”, “Сева”, and “しょうわきち”

Showa Station

Latitude
-69.00441° or 69° 0′ 16″ south
Longitude
39.58179° or 39° 34′ 54″ east
Open location code
3G2XXHWJ+6P
Geo­Names ID
6620788
Wiki­data ID
Q1550784
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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”
  • Dutch: “Showa”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Showa”
  • Finnish: “Showa”
  • French: “base antarctique Shōwa”
  • French: “Base antarctique Shōwa”
  • German: “Shōwa-Station”
  • Italian: “Stazione Shōwa”
  • Japanese: “昭和基地”
  • Korean: “쇼와 기지”
  • 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: “Сёва”
  • Spanish: “Base Showa”
  • Spanish: “Base Syowa”
  • Swedish: “Syowa”
  • Turkish: “Shōwa İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьова”

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