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Troll Station
Research station · Norway · year-round
Troll Station is a station run by Norway, established in 1990. It sits at 72°01'S 2°32'E, 2,000 km from the South Pole, and is staffed through the winter. At peak it holds 80 people. Through the winter it is the nearest human presence to 495,245 km² of ice — 9th of the 44 facilities that stay open. How far it is from anybody →
Official nameTroll Forskningsstasjon
OperatorNorway
TypeStation
SeasonalityYear-Round
StatusOpen
Established1990
Peak population80 people
Elevation1,275 m
Position72°01'S 2°32'E
Decimal-72.0119, 2.5331
Distance to pole2,000 km
Ice it is nearest to495,245 km² · 9th of 44
Webcamlive camera ↗
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.
Troll Station in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
Within 690 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.