Antarctica

Kunlun

Kunlun Station is the southernmost of five Chinese research stations in . When it is occupied during the summer, it is the second-southernmost research base in Antarctica, behind only the American at the geographical .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 26 residents
  • Description: Chinese research station in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Kunlun Station”

Kunlun

Latitude
-80.41738° or 80° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
77.11737° or 77° 7′ 3″ east
Population
26
Elevation
4,018 metres (13,182 feet)
Operator
中国极地研究所
Open location code
2JFVH4M8+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2011467452
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13526704
Wiki­data ID
Q3235369
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kunlun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة كونلون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kunlun”
  • Chinese: “Kūnlúnzhàn”
  • Chinese: “中国南极昆仑站”
  • Chinese: “中國南極崑崙站”
  • Chinese: “昆仑站”
  • German: “Kunlun-Station”
  • Italian: “Base Kunlun”
  • Japanese: “崑崙基地”
  • Korean: “쿤룬 기지”
  • Korean: “쿤룬”
  • Latvian: “Kunlun”
  • Latvian: “Kūnlún”
  • Latvian: “Kunluna”
  • Latvian: “Kuņluņa”
  • Latvian: “昆仑站”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kunlun-stasjonen”
  • Polish: “Kunlun”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Antártica Kunlun”
  • Russian: “Куньлунь”
  • Spanish: “Base Kunlun”
  • Swedish: “Kunlun Station”
  • Ukrainian: “Куньлунь (антарктична станція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Куньлунь”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kunlun”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.