Byrd Station

The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in .
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: former antarctic base of the United States
  • Also known as: “Bērdkampa”

Byrd Station

Latitude
-80.01472° or 80° 0′ 53″ south
Longitude
-119.56556° or 119° 33′ 56″ west
Elevation
1,553 metres (5,095 feet)
Established
January 1st, 1957
Open location code
25F2XCPM+4Q
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Byrd Station” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Byrd Station”
  • Chinese: “伯德站”
  • Finnish: “Byrdin asema”
  • French: “Base antarctique Byrd”
  • French: “Station Byrd”
  • German: “Byrd-Station”
  • Indonesian: “Byrd Station”
  • Italian: “stazione Byrd”
  • Italian: “Stazione Byrd”
  • Japanese: “バード基地”
  • Latvian: “Bērda”
  • Lithuanian: “Berdo stotis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byrd-stasjonen”
  • Polish: “Byrd”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Byrd”
  • Russian: “Бэрд”
  • Spanish: “Base Byrd”
  • Swedish: “Byrd Station”

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