Antarctica

Asuka Station

The Asuka Station was a permanent Japanese unmanned observation base. It is located on and was opened in 1985. The station closed in January 1992 and is listed as temporarily closed as of 2015. It is currently under snow.
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Asuka Station

Latitude
-71.52167° or 71° 31′ 18″ south
Longitude
24.13667° or 24° 8′ 12″ east
Elevation
930 metres (3,051 feet)
Inception
March 26th, 1985
Open location code
2GW6F4HP+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 529452409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q2082272
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Asuka Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة أسوكا”
  • Chinese: “飛鳥基地”
  • Chinese: “飞鸟基地”
  • Dutch: “Asuka Station”
  • Finnish: “Asuka”
  • Italian: “Base Asuka”
  • Italian: “Stazione Asuka”
  • Japanese: “あすか基地”
  • Japanese: “あすか観測拠点”
  • Latvian: “Asuka Kichi”
  • Latvian: “Asuka”
  • Macedonian: “Станица Асука”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asuka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asuka-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Asuka”
  • Polish: “Asuka”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Asuka”
  • Russian: “Асука (антарктическая станция)”
  • Russian: “Асука”
  • Spanish: “Base Asuka”
  • Swedish: “Asuka”
  • Ukrainian: “Асука (антарктична станція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Асука”

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