Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base

The Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base is an summer base operated by the located at Copacabana Beach, . About two kilometers northwest of this base is the Polish research station Arctowski.
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  • Type: Antarctic research station
  • Description: Antarctic research station
  • Also known as: “Pieter J. Lenie Field Station” and “Pieter J. Lenie Field Station, King George Island”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arctowski Lighthouse and Ecology Glacier.

Lighthouse
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is situated 1 km north of Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base.

Glacier
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is a flowing northeast into , , north of Llano Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the , the sponsor of nearby Arctowski Station.

Islet
is a rock lying 1.75 nautical miles east-southeast of in , King George Island, in the . Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

Hamlet
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The is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. is situated 10 km northeast of Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base.

Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base

Latitude
-62.16667° or 62° 10′ south
Longitude
-58.46667° or 58° 28′ west
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
3893RGMM+88
Geo­Names ID
6638969
Wiki­data ID
Q3432209
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Pieter J. Lenie Field Station”
  • Italian: “Stazione Pieter J. Lenie”
  • Latvian: “Pīterlenī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pieter Lenie Station”
  • Norwegian: “Pieter Lenie Station”
  • Polish: “Pieter Lenie Station”
  • Spanish: “Base Copacabana”

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