Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station
The Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station is a Polish research station in north-western Spitsbergen. It is located in the northern part of the Kaffiøyra close to Aavatsmarkbreen and has operated since 1975.Photo: Upior polnocy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain hut
- Description: a Polish research station in Svalbard
- Also known as: “Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station, Kaffiøyra”
Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station
- Categories: research station, tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
78.67579° or 78° 40′ 33″ northLongitude
11.82603° or 11° 49′ 34″ eastOpen location code
CFCHMRGG+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 3688256408OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=alpine_hutWikidata ID
Q6378179
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المحطة القطبية لجامعة نيكولاس كوبرنيكوس”
- Latvian: “Hahuta”
- Latvian: “Nikolaja Kopernika universitātes polārstacija”
- North Levantine Arabic: “المحطة القطبية لجامعة نيكولاس كوبرنيكوس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikolaus Kopernikus-universitetets polarstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Nikolaus Kopernikus-universitetets polarstasjon”
- Polish: “Stacja Polarna UMK”
- Polish: “Stacja Polarna Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika na Spitsbergenie”
- Swedish: “Nikolaus Kopernikus-universitetets polarstation”
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