Aboa
Aboa is a dwelling in Antarctica and has about 13 residents. Aboa is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nordenskiöld Base, as well as near the dwelling Wasa Research Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wasa Research Station.
Wasa Research Station
Dwelling
The Wasa Research Station is a Swedish research facility in Antarctica, established in 1988/1989. It is situated next to the Finnish Aboa Research Station on the Basen nunatak in the Kraul Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Wasa Research Station is situated 130 metres south of Aboa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nordenskiöld Base.
Nordenskiöld Base
Neighborhood
The Nordenskiöld Base is a name used for the facilities shared by the Antarctic stations Wasa and Aboa. The name is in honors Otto Nordenskjöld, a Finnish-Swedish polar explorer who led the first Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
Aboa
- Type: Dwelling
- Also known as: “Aboa Station”
- Categories: research, office, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73.04224° or 73° 2′ 32″ southLongitude
-13.40708° or 13° 24′ 26″ westPopulation
13Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)Operator
Finnish Antarctic Research ProgramOpen location code
2CR8XH5V+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 515056094OpenStreetMap feature
office=researchOpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwellingGeoNames ID
13526687
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Aboa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة أبوا”
- French: “Base antarctique Aboa”
- French: “Base Antarctique Aboa”
- Italian: “Stazione di ricerca antartica finlandese Aboa”
- Japanese: “アボア”
- Macedonian: “Абоа”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aboa forskingsstasjon”
- Portuguese: “Aboa”
- Spanish: “Base Aboa”
- Turkish: “Aboa Araştırma İstasyonu”
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