Pole of inaccessibility (Antarctic research station)
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Pole of inaccessibility is a now defunct Soviet research station in Antarctica, located at the southern pole of inaccessibility () — the point in Antarctica furthest from any ocean. It performed meteorological observations from 14.12.1958 to 26.12.1958.
It is located 463 km from the South Pole, and approximately 600 km from Sovetskaya. The surface elevation is 3,718 meters. It was reached in 1958 by the second Soviet Antarctic Expedition for International Geophysical Year research work. Its WMO ID is 89550 [link].
The station had a hut for 4 people, a radio shack, and an electrical hut.
Today, a building still remains at this site, marked by a bust of Vladimir Lenin, and is protected as a historical site.
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