Framheim
Framheim was the name of explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his successful quest for the South Pole. It was used between January 1911 and February 1912.
Nasjonalbiblioteket, No restrictions.- Antarctic research station
- Description: Norwegian base in Antarctica
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-78.5° or 78° 30′ south
Longitude
-164° or 164° west
Open location code
22HRG222+22
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Walloon—“Framheim” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Framheym”
- Chinese: “前进号之家”
- Dutch: “Framheim”
- Esperanto: “Framheim”
- French: “Framheim”
- German: “Framheim”
- Greek: “Framheim”
- Hawaiian: “Framheim”
- Hebrew: “פראמהיים”
- Latvian: “Framheima”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Framheim”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Framheim”
- Norwegian: “Framheim”
- Persian: “فرامهیم”
- Polish: “Framheim”
- Romanian: “Framheim”
- Russian: “Фрамхейм”
- Spanish: “Framheim”
- Ukrainian: “Фрамгайм”
- Walloon: “Framheim”
- Walloon: “Franheim”
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