Sovetskaya Station | |
Native Name: | Советская |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Settlement Type: | Antarctic research station |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Antarctica |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Kaiser Wilhelm II Land |
Subdivision Type1: | Location |
Established Title: | Established |
Extinct Title: | Closed |
Government Type: | Administration |
Governing Body: | AARI, Soviet Union |
Elevation M: | 3662 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
Blank Name Sec1: | Active times |
Blank Info Sec1: | All year-round |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Activities |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Facilities |
Sovetskaya was a Soviet research station in Kaiser Wilhelm II Land in Antarctica that was established on 16 February 1958 and closed on 3 January 1959.
The surface elevation was initially reported to be ; however, it was later revised to . Reached on 16 February 1958 by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition for International Geophysical Year research work, it closed on 3 January 1959. Its WMO reporting ID was 89557.[2]