Dakshin Gangotri
Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole.
Dakshin Gangotri
- Antarctic research station
- Description: India’s first research station in Antarctica, decommissioned in 1990
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.08333° or 70° 5′ south
Longitude
12° east
Open location code
2FXJW282+M2
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Dakshin Gangotri” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ গঙ্গোত্রী”
- Chinese: “南根戈德里站”
- Chinese: “达克辛·甘戈特里站”
- Chinese: “達克辛·甘戈特里站”
- Dutch: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Finnish: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- French: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ ગંગોત્રી”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण गंगोत्री”
- Japanese: “ダクシン・ガンゴトリ”
- Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಗಂಗೋತ್ರಿ”
- Latvian: “Dakšingangotri”
- Macedonian: “Дакшин Ганготри”
- Macedonian: “Станица Дакшин Ганготри (Антартик)”
- Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിൺ ഗംഗോത്രി”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण गंगोत्री”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Norwegian: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣ ਗੰਗੋਤਰੀ”
- Polish: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Portuguese: “Dakshin Gangotri”
- Sanskrit: “दक्षिणगङ्गोत्री”
- Spanish: “Base Dakshin Gangotri”
- Tamil: “தக்ஷிண் கங்கோத்ரி”
- Tamil: “தட்சிண் கங்கோத்ரி”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ గంగోత్రి”
- Thai: “ทักษิณคังโคตรี”
- Urdu: “دکشن گنگوتری”
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