Carvajal
The Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base is a seasonal Chilean Antarctic base on the south-west tip of Adelaide Island, in Graham Land off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Type: Dwelling
- Description: research station
- Also known as: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base”
- Historically known as: “Station T”
Carvajal
- Categories: Antarctic research station, research, office, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-67.76111° or 67° 45′ 40″ south
Longitude
-68.91448° or 68° 54′ 52″ west
Population
46
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Inception
February 3rd, 1961
Operator
Instituto Antártico Chileno
Open location code
374H63QP+H6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=research
OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Carvajal” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base”
- Italian: “Base Carvajal”
- Italian: “Base tenente Luis Carvajal Villaroel”
- Italian: “Station T”
- Italian: “Stazione Carvajal”
- Italian: “Stazione T”
- Latvian: “Adelaida”
- Latvian: “Adelaide Station”
- Latvian: “Base Carvajal”
- Latvian: “Base T”
- Latvian: “Base Teniente Carvajal”
- Latvian: “Base Teniente Luis Carvajal Villarroel”
- Latvian: “Bāze T”
- Latvian: “Karvahala”
- Latvian: “Tenjentekarvahala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel-basen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel-basen”
- Norwegian: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel-basen”
- Polish: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel”
- Spanish: “Base Carvajal”
- Spanish: “Base T”
- Spanish: “Base Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel”
- Spanish: “Teniente Carvajal”
- Spanish: “Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel”
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