Kohnen

Research station · Germany · seasonal

Kohnen is a station run by Germany, established in 2000. It sits at 75°00'S 0°04'E, 1,668 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. At peak it holds 28 people. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 689,251 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →

Official nameKohnen Station

OperatorGermany

TypeStation

SeasonalitySeasonal

StatusOpen

Established2000

Peak population28 people

Elevation2,892 m

RegionDronning Maud Land

Position75°00'S 0°04'E

Decimal-75.0019, 0.0663

Distance to pole1,668 km

Ice it is nearest to689,251 km² · 2nd of 103

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.

Kohnen in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.

Within 800 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.