Asuka Station
The Asuka Station was a permanent Japanese Antarctic unmanned observation base. It is located on Queen Maud Land and was opened in 1985. The station closed in January 1992 and is listed as temporarily closed as of 2015. It is currently under snow.- Scientific research base
- …lies at an elevation of 980 metres (3,215 feet)
- …is also known as “Asuka Camp”
- Description: Antarctic base in Queen Maud Land
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.52167° or 71° 31′ 18″ south
Longitude
24.13667° or 24° 8′ 12″ east
Open location code
2GW6F4HP+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Asuka Station” goes by many names.
محطة أسوكاArabic
飛鳥基地Chinese
飞鸟基地Chinese
Asuka StationDutch
AsukaFinnish
Base AsukaItalian
Stazione AsukaItalian
あすか基地Japanese
あすか観測拠点Japanese
AsukaLatvian
Asuka KichiLatvian
Станица АсукаMacedonian
AsukaNorwegian
AsukaNorwegian Bokmål
Asuka-stasjonenNorwegian Nynorsk
AsukaPolish
АсукаRussian
Асука (антарктическая станция)Russian
AsukaSwedish
АсукаUkrainian
Асука (антарктична станція)Ukrainian
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