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Orcadas

Orcadas is a hamlet in , and has about 17 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Ramsay.

Peak
is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of on the north coast of , in the . Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.

Orcadas

Latitude
-60.73807° or 60° 44′ 17″ south
Longitude
-44.73769° or 44° 44′ 16″ west
Population
17
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
Inception
April 1st, 1903
Operator
Argentina
United Nations Location Code
AQ ORC
Open location code
38FQ7766+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042059541
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13353905
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Turkish—“Orcadas” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Orcadas”
  • French: “Base antarctique Orcadas”
  • French: “Base Antarctique Orcadas”
  • German: “Orcadas-Station”
  • Greek: “Βάση Ορκάδας”
  • Hungarian: “Orcadas kutatóállomás”
  • Indonesian: “Pangkalan Orkadas”
  • Italian: “Distaccamento navale Orcadas”
  • Korean: “오르카다스 기지”
  • Latvian: “Orkadasa”
  • Macedonian: “База Оркадас”
  • Macedonian: “Оркадас”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orcadas-Basen”
  • Portuguese: “Base Orcadas”
  • Romanian: “Baza Orcadas”
  • Spanish: “Base Orcadas”
  • Turkish: “Orcadas Üssü”

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