Eights Station
Eights Station was an Antarctic permanent exploration base from January 1963 to November 1965, located on Ellsworth Land about 1100 km from Byrd Station and 2400 km from McMurdo Station.Eights Station
- Type: Locality
- Description: antarctic camp
- Category: administrative territorial entity
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-75.23333° or 75° 14′ southLongitude
-77.16667° or 77° 10′ westInception
January 1963Open location code
27P4QR8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11613578370OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q15218898
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Latvian to Spanish—“Eights Station” goes by many names.
- Latvian: “Eitsa”
- Spanish: “Base Eights”
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