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 many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 15 residents
  • Description: research station in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “EACF”, “Estació Antàrtica Comandant Ferraz”, “Estació Antàrtica Comandante Ferraz”, “Estacion Antartica Comandante Ferraz”, and “コマンダンテ・フェラス南極基地”
  • Postal code: 20001-971

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ullmann Spur and Precious Peaks.

Peak
is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated… is situated 2½ km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

Peak
is a line of about three dark peaks… is situated 3 km northeast of Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

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is a hill rising to 290 m north… is situated 3½ km south of Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station

Latitude
-62.08424° or 62° 5′ 3″ south
Longitude
-58.39083° or 58° 23′ 27″ west
Population
15
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Established
February 6th, 1984
Operator
Programa Antártico Brasileiro
Open location code
3893WJ85+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 446953652
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q683143
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة القائد فيراز”
  • Azerbaijani: “Komandante Ferras”
  • Catalan: “Base Comandant Ferraz”
  • Cebuano: “Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base”
  • Chinese: “費拉斯少校南極站”
  • Chinese: “费拉斯少校南极站”
  • Dutch: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • French: “base antarctique Comandante Ferraz”
  • French: “Base antarctique Comandante Ferraz”
  • German: “Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס קומנדנטה פרז”
  • Italian: “Stazione antartica comandante Ferraz”
  • Japanese: “コマンダンテ・フェラス基地”
  • Kazakh: “Команданте Феррас (антарктикалық станция)”
  • Kazakh: “Команданте Феррас”
  • Korean: “코만단치 페하스 남극 기지”
  • Latvian: “Komandanteferrasa”
  • Macedonian: “Антарктичката станица „Командант Фераз“”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Comandante Ferraz-basen”
  • Norwegian: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • Polish: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
  • Romanian: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • Russian: “Команданте Феррас”
  • Russian: “Команданте-Феррац”
  • Spanish: “Base Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
  • Spanish: “Estación antártica Comandante Ferraz”
  • Spanish: “Estación Antártica Comandante Ferraz”
  • Swedish: “Comandante Ferraz”
  • Turkish: “Comandante Ferraz Antarktika İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Команданте Ферраз”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Station G and Wróbel Valley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Flaggstaff Hill and Birkenmajer.

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