Deception

Deception Station is an Argentine base located at , .
  • Dwelling
  • …has 18 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 83 metres (272 feet)
  • …is operated by Instituto Antártico Argentino
  • Description: Argentinean Antarctic station
  • Also known as
    “Decepción Base”
    “Deception Base”
    “Deception Station”
  • Established: January 25, 1948

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Deception

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Latitude
-62.97527° or 62° 58′ 31″ south
Longitude
-60.69769° or 60° 41′ 52″ west
Open location code
379X28F2+VW
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office=­research
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Deception” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Base Decepción”
  • Dutch: “Base Decepción”
  • French: “base Decepción”
  • French: “Base Decepción”
  • German: “Decepción-Station”
  • Hungarian: “Base Decepción”
  • Hungarian: “Decepción kutatóállomás”
  • Italian: “Base Decepcion”
  • Italian: “Base Decepción”
  • Italian: “Base Deception”
  • Italian: “Stazione Decepcion”
  • Italian: “Stazione Decepción”
  • Italian: “Stazione Deception”
  • Latvian: “Desepsjona”
  • Macedonian: “Дисепшен”
  • Macedonian: “Станица за измама (Антартик)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Base Decepción”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Decepción (forskningsstasjon)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Base Decepción”
  • Norwegian: “Decepción”
  • Polish: “Decepción”
  • Portuguese: “Base Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base Antartica Decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base Antártica Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base Decepcion”
  • Spanish: “Base decepción”
  • Spanish: “Base Decepción”
  • Spanish: “Decepción”
  • Swedish: “Decepción”

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