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Mountain Evening

Research station · Republic of Belarus · seasonal

Mountain Evening is a station run by Republic of Belarus, established in 2006. It sits at 67°39'S 46°09'E, 2,484 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. At peak it holds 12 people. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 190,308 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →

Official nameMountain Vechernyaya
OperatorRepublic of Belarus
TypeStation
SeasonalitySeasonal
StatusOpen
Established2006
Peak population12 people
Elevation95 m
RegionEast Antarctica
Position67°39'S 46°09'E
Decimal-67.6583, 46.1533
Distance to pole2,484 km
Ice it is nearest to190,308 km²

Nearest stations

Great-circle distance. Antarctic logistics run on proximity — these are the neighbours a station shares weather, flights and emergencies with.

Molodezhnaya
Russia
13 km
S17 Camp
Japan
291 km
Syowa
Japan
308 km
Mizuho
Japan
346 km
Mawson
Australia
705 km
Soyuz
Russia
948 km

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.

Alasheyev Bight
Enderby Land
2 km
Myall/McMahon
Enderby Land
18 km
Kirby Head
Enderby Land
46 km
Casey Bay West
Enderby Land
52 km
60°SMOUNTAIN EVENING
Mountain Evening in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
MolodezhnayaN33 KM
Within 66 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.