Camara
Cámara Base is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Frigate Lieutenant Naval Aviator Juan Ramón Cámara. It is located in the northern foothills of La Morenita Hill, at Menguante Cove in Half Moon Island off the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Dwelling
- Description: Argentinean Antarctic station
- Also known as: “Cámara”, “Camara Base”, and “Cámara Base”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Besapara Hill and Rodopi Peak.
Besapara Hill
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Besapara Hill is a hill of 250m projecting from Sopot Ice Piedmont in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica. Besapara Hill is situated 4 km southeast of Camara.
Rodopi Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rodopi Peak is an ice-covered peak rising to approximately 500 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Islandin the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is named after Rodopi Mountains in Bulgaria and Greece. Rodopi Peak is situated 3½ km south of Camara.
Camara
- Categories: Antarctic research station, research, office, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.59475° or 62° 35′ 41″ southLongitude
-59.91861° or 59° 55′ 7″ westPopulation
20Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)Inception
April 1st, 1953Operator
Instituto Antártico ArgentinoOpen location code
3892C34J+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2418868660OpenStreetMap feature
office=researchOpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Camara” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cámara Base”
- Hungarian: “Cámara kutatóállomás”
- Italian: “Base Camara”
- Italian: “Base Cámara”
- Italian: “Stazione Camara”
- Italian: “Stazione Cámara”
- Latvian: “Kamara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cámara-basen”
- Polish: “Cámara”
- Portuguese: “Base Cámara”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica Camara”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica Cámara”
- Spanish: “Base Camara”
- Spanish: “Base Cámara”
- Spanish: “Base teniente camara”
- Spanish: “Base Teniente Camara”
- Spanish: “Base teniente cámara”
- Spanish: “Base Teniente Cámara”
- Spanish: “Cámara Base”
- Swedish: “Camara”
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