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Rada Covadonga
Research station · Chile · seasonal
Rada Covadonga is a station run by Chile. It sits at 63°19'S 57°54'W, 2,967 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 514 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →
OperatorChile
TypeStation
SeasonalitySeasonal
StatusOpen
RegionAntarctic Peninsula
Position63°19'S 57°54'W
Decimal-63.3207, -57.8982
Distance to pole2,967 km
Ice it is nearest to514 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.
Rada Covadonga in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
Within 28 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.