Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction of the United States.
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  • Type: Village with 49 residents
  • Description: US scientific research station at the South Pole, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Amundsen-Scott Base”, “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”, and “Amundsen–Scott South Pole”
  • Address: PSC 798, APO, AP 96598-0001
  • Postal code: 96598-0001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Polheim and Jack F. Paulus Skiway.

Historic site
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was Roald Amundsen's name for his camp at the . He arrived there on 14 December 1911, along with four other members of his expedition: Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Oscar Wisting, and Sverre Hassel.

Aerodrome
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The is an airport located at at the . The station has a runway for aircraft, 3658 m / 12000 ft long.

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a neutrino observatory developed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and constructed at the in .

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

Latitude
-89.998° or 89° 59′ 53″ south
Longitude
-139.2728° or 139° 16′ 22″ west
Population
49
Elevation
2,835 metres (9,301 feet)
Inception
1956
Operator
United States Antarctic Program
Open location code
24222P2G+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5314074411
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­research
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q243307
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة أديمنسون سكوت”
  • Arabic: “محطة أمندسن سكوت”
  • Arabic: “محطة امندسن سكوت”
  • Armenian: “Ամունդսեն - Սկոտ հարավային բևեռային կայան”
  • Armenian: “Ամունդսեն - Սքոտ հարավային բևեռային կայան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amundsen-Skott”
  • Bashkir: “Амундсен — Скотт”
  • Basque: “Amundsen-Scott basea”
  • Belarusian: “Амундсен-Скот (антарктычная станцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Амундсен-Скот”
  • Bengali: “আমুন্ডসেন-স্কট দক্ষিণ মেরু গবেষণাকেন্দ্র”
  • Bulgarian: “Амундсен-Скот”
  • Bulgarian: “База Амундсен-Скот”
  • Bulgarian: “Полярна станция Амундсен-Скот”
  • Catalan: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Catalan: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Catalan: “Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station”
  • Catalan: “Base Amundsen-Scott”
  • Catalan: “Estació Amundsen-Scott”
  • Catalan: “Estació Amundsen–Scott”
  • Cebuano: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Chinese: “亚孟森—斯科特站”
  • Chinese: “亞孟森-史考特南極站”
  • Chinese: “亞孟森-斯科特南極站”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙森-史考特南極站”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙森-史考特站”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙森-斯科特南极站”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙森-斯科特站”
  • Chinese: “阿蒙森—斯科特站”
  • Czech: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Czech: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Czech: “Amundsen–Scott”
  • Czech: “Polární stanice Amundsen–Scott”
  • Dutch: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Dutch: “Zuidpoolstation Amundsen-Scott”
  • Esperanto: “Polusa stacio Amundsen-Scott”
  • Estonian: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Estonian: “Amundsen–Scott”
  • Estonian: “Amundseni-Scotti polaarjaam”
  • Finnish: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Finnish: “Amundsen-Scottin asema”
  • Finnish: “Amundsen-Scottin tutkimusasema”
  • Finnish: “Amundsen–Scott”
  • Finnish: “Amundsenin-Scottin asema”
  • Finnish: “Amundsenin-Scottin tutkimusasema”
  • Finnish: “Etelänapa-asema”
  • French: “Base antarctique Amundsen-Scott”
  • Galician: “Base Amundsen-Scott”
  • Georgian: “ამუნდსენ-სკოტის სადგური”
  • German: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • German: “Amundsen-Scott-Südpolstation”
  • Hebrew: “התחנה האנטארקטית אמונדסן-סקוט”
  • Hungarian: “Amundsen-Scott kutatóállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Amundsen–Scott déli-sarki kutatóállomás”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun Kutub Selatan Amundsen-Scott”
  • Italian: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Italian: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Italian: “base Amundsen-Scott”
  • Italian: “Base Amundsen-Scott”
  • Japanese: “アムンゼン・スコット基地”
  • Kirghiz: “Амундсен-Скотт”
  • Korean: “아문센-스콧 기지”
  • Korean: “아문센-스콧 남극점 기지”
  • Latin: “Statio Polaris Australis Amundsen-Scott”
  • Latvian: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Latvian: “Amundsena-Skota”
  • Latvian: “Amundsenskota-Sautpola”
  • Lithuanian: “Amundseno-Skoto pietų ašigalio stotis”
  • Lithuanian: “Amundseno-Skoto stotis”
  • Macedonian: “Амундсен-Скот”
  • Macedonian: “Поларна станица „Амундсен-Скот“”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amundsen-Scott Sydpolstasjon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amundsen-Scott-basen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amundsen–Scott-stasjonen”
  • Norwegian: “Amundsen–Scott-basen”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه تحقیقاتی اسکات آمونسن”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه تحقیقاتی اسکات امونسن”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه قطب جنوب آمونسن–اسکات”
  • Polish: “Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station”
  • Polish: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Polo Sul Amundsen-Scott”
  • Portuguese: “Estação pólo sul amundsen-scott”
  • Romanian: “Stația Amundsen-Scott”
  • Russian: “Амундсен — Скотт”
  • Russian: “Амундсен-Скотт”
  • Russian: “Скотт”
  • Serbian: “Поларна станица Амундсен-Скот”
  • Slovenian: “Amundsen-Scottova postaja na Južnem polu”
  • Slovenian: “Amundsen-Scottova postaja na Južnem tečaju”
  • Spanish: “Amundsen Scott”
  • Spanish: “Amundsen-Scott”
  • Spanish: “Base Amundsen Scott Polo Sur”
  • Spanish: “Base amundsen scott”
  • Spanish: “Base Amundsen-Scott Polo Sur”
  • Spanish: “Base Amundsen-Scott”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Amundsen Scott”
  • Spanish: “Estación Amundsen Scott”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Amundsen-Scott”
  • Spanish: “Estación Amundsen-Scott”
  • Swedish: “Amundsen–Scott-basen”
  • Swedish: “Amundsen–Scott-stationen”
  • Swedish: “Amundsen–Scott”
  • Tamil: “அமுண்ட்சென்-ஸ்காட் தென் துருவ நிலையம்”
  • Turkish: “Amundsen-Scott Güney Kutbu İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Амундсен-Скотт”
  • Urdu: “امنڈسن اسکاٹ قطب جنوبی اسٹیشن”
  • Uzbek: “Amundsen-Scott Janubiy Qutb stansiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Trạm Nam Cực Amundsen-Scott”
  • Welsh: “Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Amundsen–Scott ym Mhegwn y De”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿蒙森-斯科特南极站”

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