Villa Las Estrellas
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.Photo: Chikomario, Public domain.
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica.
Diomedea Island
Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diomedea Island is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Localities in the Area
Bellingshausen Station
Hamlet
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellingshausen Station is a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbour, on King George Island of the South Shetland Islands.
Great Wall Station
Hamlet
The Great Wall Station is the first Chinese research station in Antarctica and opened on 20 February 1985.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighbourhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile.
Villa Las Estrellas
- Type: Village with 80 residents
- Description: settlement owned by Chile in Antarctica
- Categories: caserío, Antarctic research station, disputed territory, research, office and locality
- Location: South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.2004° or 62° 12' 2" southLongitude
-58.9654° or 58° 57' 55" westPopulation
80Inception
9th April 1984Open Location Code
3893Q2XM+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 446987858OpenStreetMap Feature
office=researchOpenStreetMap Feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9072762Wikidata ID
Q2745332Villa Las Estrellas Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: فيلا لاس إستريلاس
- Basque: Villa Las Estrellas
- Bavarian: Villa Las Estrellas
- Chinese: 拉斯·埃斯特雷亚斯镇
- Chinese: 拉斯·埃斯特雷亞斯鎮
- Chinese: 拉斯埃斯特雷亞斯鎮
- Chinese: 星鎮、
- Dutch: Villa Las Estrellas
- Egyptian Arabic: فيلا لاس استريلاس
- English: The Stars Village
- French: Villa Las Estrellas
- French: villa Las Estrellas
- German: Villa Las Estrellas
- Greek: Villa Las Estrellas
- Greek: Βίλα Λας Εστρέγιας
- Indonesian: Villa Las Estrellas
- Italian: Villa Las Estrellas
- Japanese: ビジャ・ラス・エストレージャス
- Latin: Villa Las Estrellas
- Latin: oppidum Stellae
- Latvian: Vilja las Estreljasa
- Lithuanian: Vilja Las Estreljasas
- Macedonian: Виља Лас Естрељас
- Norwegian: Villa Las Estrellas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Villa Las Estrellas
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Villa Las Estrellas
- Polish: Villa Las Estrellas
- Portuguese: Vila das Estrelas
- Portuguese: Villa Las Estrellas
- Russian: Вилья-лас-Эстрельяс
- Slovenian: Villa Las Estrellas
- Spanish: Villa Las Estrellas
- Swedish: Villa las Estrellas
- Ukrainian: Вілья-лас-Естрельяс
- Urdu: ولا لاس استریلاس
Other Places Named Villa Las Estrellas
Localities in the Area
- Professor Julio Escudero BaseNeighbourhood
- Estación Marítima AntárticaLocality
- Yanjing LakesLocality
- Artigas BaseHamlet, 3½ km northeast
- South Collins MoraineLocality, 4 km northeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Villa Las Estrellas. Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.