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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  • Arctic land
  • …lies at an elevation of 2,088 metres (6,850 feet)
  • …is also known as “New Swabia”
  • Description: an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in early 1939

New Schwabenland

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Latitude
-72° or 72° south
Longitude
5° east
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”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Ŝvabio”
  • Estonian: “Uus-Švaabimaa”
  • 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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