Antarctica

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, located on in , is a scientific polar research station, which went into service on 15 February 2009.
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  • Type: Dwelling
  • Description: polar research station in Queen Maud Land
  • Also known as: “Antarctic Base”, “Antarctic Station”, “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station”, “Princess Elisabeth Base”, and “Princess Elisabeth Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Utsteinen Nunatak.

Peak
is a nunatak standing 4 nautical miles north of Viking Heights and the main group of the . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1957 from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named Utsteinen because of its position.

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

Latitude
-71.9496° or 71° 56′ 59″ south
Longitude
23.34665° or 23° 20′ 48″ east
Elevation
1,397 metres (4,583 feet)
Operator
International Polar Foundation
Named after
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
Open location code
2GW5382W+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 346266197
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­isolated_dwelling
Wiki­data ID
Q588342
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Satellite Map

Discover Princess Elisabeth Antarctica from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Princess Elisabeth Antarctica” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة الأميرة إليزابيث في القارة القطبية الجنوبية”
  • Cebuano: “Princess Elisabeth Base”
  • Chinese: “伊丽莎白公主站”
  • Dutch: “Prinses Elisabethbasis”
  • French: “Station Princesse Élisabeth”
  • French: “station Princesse-Élisabeth”
  • French: “Station Princesse-Élisabeth”
  • German: “Prinzessin-Elisabeth-Station”
  • Hungarian: “Princess Elisabeth kutatóállomás”
  • Italian: “Base Principessa Elisabetta”
  • Japanese: “プリンス・エリザベス基地”
  • Latvian: “Prinseselizabete”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Princess Elisabeth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Princess Elisabeth-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Prinsesse Elisabeth forskningsstasjon”
  • Polish: “Princesse-Élisabeth”
  • Russian: “Принцесса Елизавета”
  • Spanish: “Base antartica Princesa Isabel”
  • Spanish: “Base antártica Princesa Isabel”
  • Swedish: “Prinsessan Elisabeth”
  • Ukrainian: “Принцеса Елізабет”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica”. Photo: Ben2, CC BY-SA 3.0.