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Gondwana
Research station · Germany · seasonal
Gondwana is a station run by Germany, established in 1983. It sits at 74°38'S 164°13'E, 1,708 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. At peak it holds 20 people. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 168 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →
Official nameGondwana Station
OperatorGermany
TypeStation
SeasonalitySeasonal
StatusOpen
Established1983
Peak population20 people
Elevation20 m
RegionTransantarctic Mountains
Position74°38'S 164°13'E
Decimal-74.6355, 164.2212
Distance to pole1,708 km
Ice it is nearest to168 km²
Nearest stations
Great-circle distance. Antarctic logistics run on proximity — these are the neighbours a station shares weather, flights and emergencies with.
Nearest penguin colonies
Known breeding sites within reach. Locations only — no counts. Estimating colony size from satellite imagery does not yet work, so this site publishes no abundance figures.
Gondwana in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
Within 56 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.