🔭 Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

Antarctica · Antarctica · 90.00°S, 139.27°E

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Quick facts

CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)90.00°S, 139.27°E · view on map
Distance to the equator10,019 km south of it
Solar timeUTC+9:15 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun todayThe sun does not set here today — polar day at 90.0° latitude.

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

Closest observatories

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More observatories in Antarctica

IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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