Station Tarn
Station Tarn is a small fresh-water pond near the west end of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, immediately north of Heidemann Bay in Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anchorage Island and Flutter Island.
Anchorage Island
Peak
Anchorage Island is an island about 1 km long and 0.5 km wide, approximately 2 km north-west of Davis Station. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition.
Flutter Island
Peak
Flutter Island is an irregular-shaped island, almost cut in two, lying in Prydz Bay between Trigwell Island and Breidnes Peninsula, near the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica. Flutter Island is situated 2½ km north of Station Tarn.
Trigwell Island
Peak
Trigwell Island is an island in Prydz Bay, lying immediately west of Flutter Island and 1 nautical mile west of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. First mapped from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37. Trigwell Island is situated 2½ km northwest of Station Tarn.
Station Tarn
- Type: Pond
- Description: body of water
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-68.57611° or 68° 34′ 34″ southLongitude
77.97649° or 77° 58′ 35″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
3J3VCXFG+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 946005000OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
6621975Wikidata ID
Q7604306
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Satellite Map
Discover Station Tarn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Station Tarn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة محطة تاران”
- Cebuano: “Station Tarn”
- German: “Station Tarn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Station Tarn”
- Swedish: “Station Tarn”
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