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2. King George Island (South Shetland Islands) - Wikipedia

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   King George Island (Argentinian Spanish: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chilean Spanish: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km (75 miles) off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.

3. Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport - Wikipedia

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   The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport (IATA: TNM, ICAO: SCRM) is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent. The airport serves the nearby village of Villa Las Estrellas and the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva.

4. Bellingshausen Station - Wikipedia

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   Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The station is named for the 19th-century Russian explorer of the Antarctic Fabian von Bellingshausen. In October 2018, it was the site of the first attempted murder in Antarctica. [3]

5. List of airports in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   This is an alphabetical list of airports in Antarctica, including airstrips, heliports and skiways (snow runways [1]). List. Airport name ... King George Island

6. South Shetland Islands - Wikipedia

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   The first wintering over in Antarctica took place on the South Shetlands, when at the end of the 1820–1821 summer season, 11 British men from the ship Lord Melville failed to leave King George Island, and survived the winter to be rescued at the beginning of the next season.

7. Villa Las Estrellas - Wikipedia

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   Villa Las Estrellas in 2011. Villa Las Estrellas. Night view. Chilean Post office in Villa Las Estrellas. Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace.. Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village [3] or Hamlet of the Stars) [4] is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic ...

8. King Sejong Station - Wikipedia

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   The King Sejong Station (Korean: 세종과학기지) is a research station for the Korea Antarctic Research Program that is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon (1397–1450). Established on February 17, 1988, it consists of 11 facility buildings and two observatories, and it is located on the Barton Peninsula ( King George Island ), it ...

9. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station - Wikipedia

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   Located in Admiralty Bay (Portuguese: Baía do Almirantado), King George Island (Portuguese: Ilha do Rei George), near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, 130 km north of the peninsula, the station began operating on 6 February 1984, brought to Antarctica in modules by the oceanographic ship Barão de Teffé and several other Brazilian naval ...