Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base
The Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base is an Antarctic summer base operated by the United States located at Copacabana Beach, Admiralty Bay. About two kilometers northwest of this base is the Polish research station Arctowski.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Arctowski Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Arctowski Lighthouse is situated 1 km north of Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base.
Ecology Glacier
Glacier
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Ecology Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, north of Llano Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the sponsor of nearby Arctowski Station.
Napier Rock
Islet
Napier Rock is a rock lying 1.75 nautical miles east-southeast of Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 10 km northeast of Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base.
Captain Pieter J. Lenie Base
- Location: Antarctica
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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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