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Tierra del Fuego Province
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Great Wall

Great Wall is a hamlet in , and has about 13 residents. Great Wall is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the neighborhood .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Geologists Island and Clement Hill.

Islet
is an island, 0.5 kilometres long, lying south of in the entrance of , , , in the .

Peak
is a hill rising to 135 m, the highest elevation in southern , 1 nautical mile northwest of Halfthree Point, , .

Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small island lying in , , , in the . The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a in the .

Places in the Area

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

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.

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 , .

Great Wall

Latitude
-62.21775° or 62° 13′ 4″ south
Longitude
-58.96118° or 58° 57′ 40″ west
Population
13
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Inception
February 20th, 1985
Operator
中国极地研究中心
United Nations Location Code
AQ GWL
Open location code
3893Q2JQ+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9013260590
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13353929
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Great Wall” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة السور العظيم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük sədd”
  • Chinese: “Chángchéng zhàn”
  • Chinese: “长城站”
  • French: “Base antarctique Grande Muraille”
  • French: “Base Antarctique Grande Muraille”
  • French: “Grande Muraille”
  • German: “Große-Mauer-Station”
  • Italian: “Grande Muraglia”
  • Italian: “Stazione grande muraglia”
  • Korean: “Jangseong giji”
  • Korean: “장성 기지”
  • Latvian: “Čančena”
  • Macedonian: “Антарктички Голем Ѕид”
  • Macedonian: “Станица Антарктички Голем Ѕид”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Wall-stasjonen”
  • Polish: “Wielki Mur”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Antártica da Grande Muralha”
  • Spanish: “Base Gran Muralla”
  • Spanish: “Gran Muralla”
  • Tamil: “அண்டார்க்டிக்கா பெருஞ்சுவர் ஆய்வுக்கூடம்”
  • Turkish: “Çin Seddi İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий мур”
  • Vietnamese: “Trạm Trường Thành”

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