Asuka Station

The Asuka Station was a permanent Japanese unmanned observation base. It is located on 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.
Wikipedia
  • Scientific research base
  • …lies at an elevation of 899 metres (2,949 feet)
  • …is also known as “Asuka Camp”
  • Description: Antarctic base in Queen Maud Land

Asuka Station

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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
Geo­Names ID
6639315
Wiki­data ID
Q2082272

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Asuka Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة أسوكا”
  • Chinese: “飛鳥基地”
  • Chinese: “飞鸟基地”
  • Dutch: “Asuka Station”
  • Finnish: “Asuka”
  • Italian: “Base Asuka”
  • Italian: “Stazione Asuka”
  • Japanese: “あすか基地”
  • Japanese: “あすか観測拠点”
  • Latvian: “Asuka Kichi”
  • Latvian: “Asuka”
  • Macedonian: “Станица Асука”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asuka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asuka-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Asuka”
  • Polish: “Asuka”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Asuka”
  • Russian: “Асука (антарктическая станция)”
  • Russian: “Асука”
  • Spanish: “Base Asuka”
  • Swedish: “Asuka”
  • Ukrainian: “Асука (антарктична станція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Асука”

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