Antarctica

Refuge Engineer Wiltgen

Refuge Engineer Wiltgen was a Brazilian Antarctic summer installation named after Engineer João Aristides Wiltgen, founder of the Brazilian Institute for Antarctic Studies.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sultan Glacier.

Locality
is a flowing south-west into Table Bay, , in the of . It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Sultan, a shore-based Royal Navy engineering school which provided the refuge hut for the UK Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970-71. is situated 9 km southeast of Refuge Engineer Wiltgen.

Refuge Engineer Wiltgen

Latitude
-61.07089° or 61° 4′ 15″ south
Longitude
-55.3922° or 55° 23′ 32″ west
Open location code
38C6WJH5+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2011152340
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­shelter
Wiki­data ID
Q3935700
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Satellite Map

Discover Refuge Engineer Wiltgen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Refuge Engineer Wiltgen” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Refuge Engineer Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Refugio engenheiro Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Refugio Engenheiro Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Refugio ingeniero Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Refugio Ingeniero Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Refugio Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Rifugio ingegner Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Rifugio Ingegner Wiltgen”
  • Italian: “Rifugio Wiltgen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Refúgio Engenheiro Wiltgen”
  • Portuguese: “Refúgio Engenheiro Wiltgen”
  • Spanish: “Refugio Ingeniero Wiltgen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hammer Hill and Sultan.

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