Great Wall Station

The Great Wall Station is the first Chinese research station in Antarctica and opened on 20 February 1985. It lies on the Fildes Peninsula on King George Island, 960 kilometres from .
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Great Wall Station

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Latitude
-62.21611° or 62° 12′ 58″ south
Longitude
-58.96194° or 58° 57′ 43″ west
Open location code
3893Q2MQ+H6
Geo­Names ID
8521030
Wiki­data ID
Q1548160

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Great Wall Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة السور العظيم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük sədd (antarktik stansiya)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük sədd”
  • Cebuano: “Great Wall Station”
  • Chinese: “中国南极长城站”
  • Chinese: “中國南極長城站”
  • Chinese: “長城站”
  • Chinese: “长城站”
  • Dutch: “Antarctic Great Wall Station”
  • French: “base antarctique Grande Muraille”
  • French: “Base antarctique Grande Muraille”
  • German: “Grosse-Mauer-Station”
  • German: “Große-Mauer-Station”
  • Italian: “Base grande muraglia”
  • Italian: “Base Grande Muraglia”
  • Italian: “Base great wall”
  • Italian: “Base Great Wall”
  • Italian: “Stazione grande muraglia”
  • Italian: “Stazione Grande Muraglia”
  • Italian: “Stazione great wall”
  • Italian: “Stazione Great Wall”
  • Japanese: “長城基地”
  • Korean: “장성 기지”
  • Latvian: “Čančena”
  • Macedonian: “Станица „Антарктички Голем Ѕид“”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Wall (forskningsstasjon)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Wall”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Wall-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Great Wall forskningsstasjon”
  • Polish: “Wielki Mur”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Antártica da Grande Muralha”
  • Russian: “Великая стена (антарктическая станция)”
  • Russian: “Чанчэн (антарктическая станция)”
  • Russian: “Чанчэн”
  • Spanish: “Base Gran Muralla”
  • Swedish: “Great Wall”
  • Tamil: “அண்டார்க்டிக்கா பெருஞ்சுவர் ஆய்வுக்கூடம்”
  • Turkish: “Çin Seddi İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика стіна (антарктична станція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика стіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий мур”
  • Vietnamese: “Trạm Trường Thành”

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