SANAE IV
SANAE IV is a current South African Antarctic research base located in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land. The base is part of the South African National Antarctic Programme and is operated by the South African National Antarctic Expedition.Photo: Wildmedic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Research institute
- Description: research station
- Also known as: “SANAE IV Station”, “SANEA IV”, and “SANEA IV Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vesleskarvet Cliff.
Vesleskarvet Cliff
Vesleskarvet is a nunatak on the west side of Ahlmann Ridge located in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Its western side consists of a series of cliffs, approximately 250 m high, while the eastern side slopes more gradually down to the icefields.SANAE IV
- Categories: Antarctic research station, station of the International Monitoring System, and education
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-71.67367° or 71° 40′ 25″ southLongitude
-2.82881° or 2° 49′ 44″ westElevation
856 metres (2,808 feet)Operator
South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE)Open location code
2CWV85GC+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7274297227OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=research_instituteWikidata ID
Q1334024
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“SANAE IV” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Base SANAE IV”
- Cebuano: “SANAE IV Station”
- Cebuano: “SANAE IV”
- Chinese: “萨纳站”
- Dutch: “SANAE IV”
- German: “SANAE-IV-Station”
- Italian: “SANAE IV”
- Latvian: “SANAE IV”
- Macedonian: “ЈАНАЕ IV”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “SANAE IV”
- Polish: “SANAE IV”
- Russian: “САНАЭ IV (антарктическая станция)”
- Russian: “САНАЭ IV”
- Spanish: “Base SANAE IV”
- Ukrainian: “САНАЕ IV”
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Highlights include SANAE IV Skiway.
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