Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
- Hamlet with 15 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is operated by Programa Antártico Brasileiro
- Description: research station in Antarctica
- Postal code: 20001-971
- Also known as“Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base”“EACF”
- Established: February 6, 1984
Places of Interest
Discover Ullmann Spur and Precious Peaks.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated…
2½ km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Precious Peaks
Peak
Precious Peaks is a line of about three dark peaks…
3 km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.08424° or 62° 5′ 3″ south
Longitude
-58.39083° or 58° 23′ 27″ west
Open location code
3893WJ85+8M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office = research
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station” goes by many names.
محطة القائد فيرازArabic
Komandante FerrasAzerbaijani
Base Comandant FerrazCatalan
Estació Antàrtica Comandant FerrazCatalan
Estació Antàrtica Comandante FerrazCatalan
Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic BaseCebuano
費拉斯少校南極站Chinese
费拉斯少校南极站Chinese
Comandante FerrazDutch
בסיס קומנדנטה פרזHebrew
Stazione antartica comandante FerrazItalian
コマンダンテ・フェラス南極基地Japanese
コマンダンテ・フェラス基地Japanese
Команданте ФеррасKazakh
Команданте Феррас (антарктикалық станция)Kazakh
코만단치 페하스 남극 기지Korean
KomandanteferrasaLatvian
Антарктичката станица „Командант Фераз“Macedonian
Comandante FerrazNorwegian
Comandante FerrazNorwegian Bokmål
Comandante Ferraz-basenNorwegian Nynorsk
Comandante FerrazPolish
Comandante FerrazRomanian
Команданте ФеррасRussian
Команданте-ФеррацRussian
Comandante FerrazSwedish
Comandante Ferraz Antarktika İstasyonuTurkish
Команданте ФерразUkrainian
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