Dobrowolski Station (A.B.)

Dobrowolski Station (A.B.) (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Dobrowolski Station (A.B.)  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 3714
Name ID: 116445

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from Poland. It is part of the Poland Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Polish Antarctic Station at Burger Hills. Name introduced in honour of Prof. Antoni B. Dobrowolski (1872-1954), geophysicist and glaciologist, who participated in the Belgica Antarctic Expedition (1897-99). The station originally built by the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in 1956 and named Oasis, has been given by the Soviet Academy of Sciences to the Polish Academy of Sciences in January 1959.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 30.0" S
-66.27500°
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Longitude:
100° 45' 00.0" E
100.75000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1985

Related information

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