Summit Camp

Summit Camp, also known as Summit Station, is a year-round staffed research station near the apex of the Greenland ice sheet. The station is located at 3,216 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: research station on the apex of the Greenland Ice Sheet
  • Also known as: “Summit Station”

Summit Camp

Latitude
72.57969° or 72° 34′ 47″ north
Longitude
-38.46041° or 38° 27′ 38″ west
Elevation
3,216 metres (10,551 feet)
Open location code
C943HGHQ+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6611075404
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
6949601
Wiki­data ID
Q1502578
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Summit Camp” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “尖峯營”
  • Chinese: “尖峰营”
  • Chinese: “峰會營”
  • Chinese: “峰頂站”
  • Chinese: “高峯營”
  • Chinese: “高峰營”
  • Danish: “Summit Camp”
  • Danish: “Summit Station”
  • Finnish: “Summit Camp”
  • French: “Summit Camp”
  • German: “Summit Camp”
  • German: “Summit”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Σάμμιτ”
  • Italian: “Summit Camp”
  • Japanese: “サミットキャンプ”
  • Polish: “Summit Camp”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Summit”
  • Portuguese: “Summit Camp”
  • Russian: “Верхний лагерь”
  • Russian: “Верхний Лагерь”
  • Russian: “Лагерь Встреч”
  • Spanish: “Estación Summit Camp”
  • Spanish: “Summit Camp”
  • Swedish: “Summit Camp”

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