Estación Marítima Antártica
Estación Marítima Antártica is a locality in Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province. Estación Marítima Antártica is situated nearby to the neighborhood President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, as well as near the hamlet Bellingshausen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Antarctic Treaty Monument and Holy Trinity Church.
Antarctic Treaty Monument
Memorial
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Antarctic Treaty commemorates the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which was opened for signing in 1959 and came into force in 1961.
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.
Chapel of Saint Mary Queen of Peace
Church
Photo: Carlos78chile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St. Mary Queen of Peace Chapel is a Catholic chapel located in Villa Las Estrellas, in the Chilean Antarctic Territory, which includes in the commune of Antártica, within the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, about 1580 km from Punta Arenas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base and Villa Las Estrellas.
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.
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.
Estación Marítima Antártica
- Type: Locality
- Category: passenger ship terminal
- Location: Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-62.20112° or 62° 12′ 4″ southLongitude
-58.9605° or 58° 57′ 38″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Inception
1987Operator
ChileOpen location code
3893Q2XQ+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2418868687OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q20014922
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In Other Languages
“Estación Marítima Antártica” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Estación Marítima Antártica”
- Spanish: “Estacion Maritima de Bahia Fildes”
- Spanish: “Estación marítima de Bahía Fildes”
- Spanish: “Estación Marítima de Bahía Fildes”
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