Port Lockroy
Port Lockroy is a former British research base on little Goudier Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, now a visitor attraction. "Port Lockroy" is also the name of the natural harbour in which the island lies.
- Type: Dwelling
- Description: former research station in Antarctica, now operated as a museum
- Also known as: “Base A”, “Bāze A”, “Goudier Island”, “Port Lockroy (Base A) /Brit./”, “Port Lockroy Station”, “Portlokroja”, and “Station A”
Port Lockroy
- Categories: museum, Antarctic research station, research, office, and locality
- Location: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
-64.8253° or 64° 49′ 31″ south
Longitude of center
-63.4946° or 63° 29′ 40″ west
Established
February 16th, 1944
Operator
United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
office=research
OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Port Lockroy” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛克羅伊港”
- Dutch: “Port Lockroy”
- French: “Port Lockroy”
- German: “Port Lockroy”
- Hebrew: “פורט לוקרוי”
- Latvian: “Portlokruā”
- Macedonian: “Пристаниште Локрој”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Lockroy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port Lockroy”
- Norwegian: “Port Lockroy”
- Polish: “Port Lockroy”
- Portuguese: “Porto Lockroy”
- Spanish: “Puerto Lockroy”
- Swedish: “Port Lockroy”
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