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Bellingshausen

Bellingshausen is a hamlet in , and has about 20 residents. Bellingshausen is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace.

Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near , a research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.

Church
Photo: Carlos78chile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St. Mary Queen of Peace Chapel is a Catholic located in , in the , which includes in the commune of Antártica, within the , about 1580 km from .

Memorial
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Antarctic Treaty commemorates the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which was opened for signing in 1959 and came into force in 1961.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base and Villa Las Estrellas.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of . It is located at , an ice-free area, in front of , at the west end of , .

Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.

Bellingshausen

Latitude
-62.1982° or 62° 11′ 54″ south
Longitude
-58.95992° or 58° 57′ 36″ west
Population
20
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Inception
February 22nd, 1968
Operator
Russia
United Nations Location Code
AQ BHN
Open location code
3893R22R+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2011467449
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13353911
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bellingshausen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة بيلينغسهاوزن”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bellinshauzen”
  • Bulgarian: “Белингсхаузен”
  • Chinese: “别林斯高晋站”
  • Chuvash: “Беллинсгаузен”
  • Dutch: “Station Bellingshausen”
  • French: “Base antarctique Bellingshausen”
  • French: “Base Antarctique Bellingshausen”
  • German: “Bellinghausen”
  • German: “Bellingshausen-Station”
  • Italian: “Stazione Bellingshausen”
  • Japanese: “ベリングスハウゼン”
  • Latvian: “Belinshauzena”
  • Lithuanian: “Belinshauzeno stotis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellingshausen-stasjonen”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Bellingshausen”
  • Romanian: “Stația Bellingshausen”
  • Russian: “Беллинсгаузен”
  • Russian: “Станция Беллинсгаузен”
  • Spanish: “Base Bellingshausen”
  • Turkish: “Bellingshausen İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Беллінсгаузен”

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