Shōwa station

Coordinates: 69 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  S , 39 ° 34 ′ 59 ″  E

Shōwa station​

Antarctic

The Japanese Antarctic Stations (English lettering)

The Shōwa-Station or Syôwa Base ( Japanese 昭和 基地 , Shōwa-kichi ) is a research station of Japanese Antarctic exploration , which was founded in 1957 , in the 32nd year of the Shōwa period , on the East Ongul Island off the coast of the Antarctic Queen Maud Lands was established. From 1970 to 1985 research rockets of the types S-160 and S-210 were launched regularly from the Shōwa station .

Web links

• Entry with the Japanese National Polar Research Institute (Japanese)
• Official site of the National Institute of Polar Research (English)
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities ( Memento of August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Syowa Base in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)