Plateau Station

Plateau Station is an inactive research and South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse support base on the central . Construction on the site started on December 13, 1965, and the first traverse team arrived in early 1966.
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Plateau Station

Latitude
-79.25° or 79° 15′ south
Longitude
40.5° or 40° 30′ east
Elevation
3,624 metres (11,890 feet)
Inception
December 13th, 1965
Open location code
2HG2QG22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11620058114
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q4382060
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Satellite Map

Discover Plateau Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Tajik—“Plateau Station” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Base Plateau”
  • Chinese: “高地站”
  • Dutch: “Plateaustation”
  • French: “piste de la base Plateau”
  • French: “Piste de la base Plateau”
  • German: “Plateau-Station”
  • Italian: “stazione Plateau”
  • Italian: “Stazione Plateau”
  • Japanese: “プラトー基地”
  • Korean: “플래토 기지”
  • Latvian: “Plateau Station”
  • Latvian: “Plato”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plateau-stasjonen”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی پلاتو”
  • Spanish: “Base Plateau”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ плоту”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Плату”

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