Australian
Antarctic Research Stations |
Antarctic
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Casey
Station
66º 17'
S, 110º 32' E -
Casey Station just outside
the Antarctic Circle - and is the third Australian station to occupy
a site on Vincennes Bay. |
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Davis
Station 68
° 35' S, 77 ° 58' E
Davis Station is the most southerly
Australian Antarctic Station and is situated 2,250 nautical miles
south-south-west of Perth, at , on the Ingrid Christensen Coast
of Princess Elizabeth Land. |
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Mawson
Station.
67° 36' S, 62° 52' E
Mawson Station is now one of
the longest continuously operating stations in Antarctica It is
also the furtherest from continental Australia, 5,200 km SSW of
Perth. |
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Sub-Antarctic
Stations |
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Macquarie
Island.
54° 30' south, 158° 57' E
Macquarie Island is a sub-Antarctic
island located in the Southern Ocean .Part of the state of Tasmania,
it is 1500 kilometers south east of the island of Tasmania and 1300
kilometers north of the Antarctic continent. The island is
a long, narrow ridge of land 37km long and 5km wide |
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Heard
Island.
54° 30' south, 158° 57' E
Heard Island and the Mc Donald
Islands are sub-Antarctic islands located in the Southern Ocean
Heard Island is 42km in length
and is dominated by an active volcano, Big Ben whose height highest
point Mawsons Peak "is 2,745m above sea level, thus making
Big Ben the the highest mountain in Australias territories |
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Antarctic
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