New Schwabenland

New Swabia was an area of explored, with the intention to claim it, by Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1939, within the Norwegian territorial claim of .
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  • Type: Arctic land
  • Description: an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in early 1939
  • Also known as: New Swabia

New Schwabenland

Latitude
-72° or 72° south
Longitude
5° east
Elevation
2,088 metres (6,850 feet)
Open location code
2FW72222+22
Geo­Names ID
6622194
Wiki­data ID
Q252609
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“New Schwabenland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شوابيا الجديدة
  • Armenian: Նոր Շվաբիա
  • Azerbaijani: Yeni Şvabiya
  • Bavarian: Neuschwabenland
  • Bulgarian: Нова Швабия
  • Catalan: Nova Suàbia
  • Chinese: 新施瓦本
  • Czech: Nové Švábsko
  • Danish: Neuschwabenland
  • Dutch: Nieuw-Schwabenland
  • Dutch: Nieuw-Zwabenland
  • Esperanto: Nov-Ŝvabio
  • Finnish: Uusi Schwabenland
  • French: Nouvelle-Souabe
  • Georgian: ახალი შვაბია
  • German: Neuschwabenland
  • Greek: Νέα Σουηβία
  • Hebrew: שוואביה החדשה
  • Hungarian: Új-Svábföld
  • Indonesian: Schwaben Baru
  • Indonesian: Swabia Baru
  • Italian: Nuova Svevia
  • Japanese: ノイシュヴァーベンラント
  • Korean: 노이슈바벤란트
  • Latvian: Jaunšvābija
  • Lithuanian: Naujoji Švabija
  • Macedonian: Нова Швабија
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Neuschwabenland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Neuschwabenland
  • Norwegian: Neuschwabenland
  • Persian: سواب نو
  • Polish: Nowa Szwabia
  • Portuguese: Nova Suábia
  • Romanian: Noua Șvabia
  • Russian: Новая Швабия
  • Serbian: Нова Швабија
  • Slovak: Nové Švábsko
  • Spanish: Nueva Suabia
  • Sundanese: Swabia Anyar
  • Swedish: Neuschwabenland
  • Turkish: Yeni Svabya
  • Ukrainian: Нова Швабія
  • Urdu: نیو شوابیا
  • Uzbek: Yangi Shvabiya
  • Venetian: Nova Svèvia
  • Vietnamese: New Swabia

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