Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme
Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins, is a permanently staffed Chilean research station in Antarctica and the capital of Antártica Commune.
- Type: Hamlet with 24 residents
- Description: Chilean research station in Antarctica and the capital of Antártica Commune
- Also known as: “Base antartica O’Higgins”, “Base Bernardo O’Higgins”, “Base Militar Bernardo O’Higgins”, “Base O’Higgins”, “Bernardo Ohiginsa”, “General O’Higgins Station”, “Henerala Bernardo Ohiginsa”, “Puerto Covadonga”, “Puertokovadonga”, “コバドンガ港”, “ベルナルド・オイギンス将軍基地”, “貝爾納多・奧伊金斯將軍站”, and “贝尔纳多・奥伊金斯将军站”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kopaitic Island and Gándara Island.
Kopaitic Island
Islet
Gándara Island
Islet
The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 nautical miles, centred about 1 nautical mile off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.
Ortiz Island
The Duroch Islands are a group of islands and rocks which extend over an area of about 3 nautical miles, centred about 1 nautical mile off Cape Legoupil on the north coast of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme
- Categories: Antarctic research station, research, office, and locality
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-63.32083° or 63° 19′ 15″ south
Longitude
-57.89986° or 57° 53′ 60″ west
Population
24
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Inception
February 18th, 1948
Operator
Ejército de Chile
Open location code
3884M4H2+M3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=research
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة الجنرال برناردو أوهيغينز ريكيلم”
- Catalan: “Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme”
- Cebuano: “Bernardo O’Higgins Station”
- Chinese: “貝納爾多·奧伊金斯將軍站”
- Chinese: “貝納爾多·奧希金斯將軍站”
- Chinese: “贝纳尔多·奥伊金斯将军站”
- Dutch: “Basis General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme”
- French: “base General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- French: “Base General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- German: “Bernardo-O’Higgins-Station”
- Hebrew: “בסיס חנרל ברנרדו אוהיגינס ריקלמה”
- Italian: “Base generale Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Japanese: “オヒギンズ基地”
- Latvian: “Henerala Bernardo O’Higinsa”
- Lithuanian: “Generolo Bernardo O’Higinso bazė”
- Lithuanian: “Puerto Kovadonga”
- Macedonian: “База „Генерал Бернардо О’Хигинс Рикелме“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme”
- Norwegian: “Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Persian: “پایگاه ژنرال برناردو اوخیگینس ریکوالمه”
- Polish: “General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Portuguese: “Base General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Russian: “О`Хиггинс”
- Russian: “Хенераль-Бернардо-О’Хиггинс”
- Spanish: “Base General Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Swedish: “Bernardo O’Higgins”
- Turkish: “General Bernardo O’Higgins Üssü”
- Ukrainian: “Генерал Бернардо О’Гіґґінс”
- Urdu: “بیس جنرل برنارڈو او ہیگنسر ریکیلمے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Islote Isabel Riquelme and O’Higgins Skiway.
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