S17 Camp

Research station · Japan · seasonal

S17 Camp is a camp run by Japan. It sits at 69°02'S 40°06'E, 2,332 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 278,667 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →

OperatorJapan

TypeCamp

SeasonalitySeasonal

StatusOpen

Elevation620 m

RegionDronning Maud Land

Position69°02'S 40°06'E

Decimal-69.0281, 40.0924

Distance to pole2,332 km

Ice it is nearest to278,667 km² · 18th of 103

Nearest stations

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

Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

Belgium

698 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.

S17 Camp in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.

Within 34 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.