🔬 Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station

Norway · Europe · 78.69°N, 11.86°E

Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	78.69°N, 11.86°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	8,759 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+0:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today	The sun does not rise here today — polar night at 78.7° latitude.

Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station is located in Norway, in Europe.

Closest research stations

Zeppelin (research station) — 24 km away
Corbel Station — 25 km away
Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station — 26 km away, in Other
Himadri (research station) — 26 km away, in India
AWIPEV Arctic Research Station — 26 km away

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

More research stations in Norway

AWIPEV Arctic Research Station · Corbel Station · Stanisław Baranowski Spitsbergen Polar Station · Trondhjem Biological Station · Zeppelin (research station).

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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