Refuge Padre Balduino Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo was a Brazilian Antarctic summer installation named after the botanist Father Balduíno Rambo. Located on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, it depended both logistically and administratively on Comandante Ferraz; it was dismantled in 2004.- Type: Shelter
- Description: research station in Brazilian Antarctica, Brazil
- Also known as: “Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teniente R. Marsh Airport and Holy Trinity Church.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world. Holy Trinity Church is situated 1¼ km east of Refuge Padre Balduino Rambo.
Gemel Peaks
Peak
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gemel Peaks are two peaks 1.3 nautical miles northeast of Horatio Stump on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. They were charted and named "Twin Peak" or "Twin Peaks" by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Refuge Padre Balduino Rambo
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.2° or 62° 12′ southLongitude
-58.98333° or 58° 59′ westOpen location code
3893Q2X8+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2011152349OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=shelterWikidata ID
Q3935698
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Refuge Padre Balduino Rambo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo”
- Italian: “Refugio padre Rambo”
- Italian: “Refugio Padre Rambo”
- Italian: “Refugio Rambo”
- Italian: “Rifugio padre Rambo”
- Italian: “Rifugio Padre Rambo”
- Italian: “Rifugio Rambo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Refúgio Pe. Balduino Rambo”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio Padre Balduíno Rambo”
- Portuguese: “Refúgio Pe. Balduino Rambo”
- Spanish: “Refugio Padre Balduíno Rambo”
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Highlights include Mount Youyi and Fossil Hill.
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