Nordenskiöld Base
The Nordenskiöld Base is a name used for the facilities shared by the Antarctic stations Wasa and Aboa. The name honors Otto Nordenskjöld, a Finnish-Swedish polar explorer who led the first Swedish Antarctic Expedition.Places of Interest
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.
Nordenskiöld Base
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: Antarctic research station and locality
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-73.04279° or 73° 2′ 34″ south
Longitude
-13.40771° or 13° 24′ 28″ west
Operator
Finland;Sweden
Open location code
2CR8XH4R+VW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Nordenskiöld Base” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Nordenskiöld Base”
- Italian: “Base Nordenskiöld”
- Italian: “Base Nordenskjold”
- Italian: “Base Nordenskjöld”
- Italian: “Campo base Nordenskjöld”
- Italian: “Stazione Nordenskiöld”
- Italian: “Stazione Nordenskjold”
- Italian: “Stazione Nordenskjöld”
- Latvian: “Nordenšelda”
- Latvian: “Nordenskjöld Base”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordenskiöldbasen”
- Swedish: “Nordenskiöldbasen”
- Ukrainian: “База Норденшельда”
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