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Antarctica : South Pole

0.3 km (0.2 miles) S of Amundsen-Scott Station, South Pole, Antarctica
Approx. altitude: 2835 m (9301 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 90°N

Quality: good

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#2: Here I am a the Geographic South Pole 2/2/00 #3: It was a bit chilly at the Ceremonial Pole -30F

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  90°S (visit #2)  

#1: The entrance to the south pole station

(visited by Chuck Kimball)

26-Jan-2000 -- While working for the US Antarctic Program during the 1999-2000 Summer, I was filling in at the South Pole as a Communications Tech.

This should count as one of the two major points of Confluence, every Longitude and the 90S Latitude converge here.
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#1: The entrance to the south pole station
#2: Here I am a the Geographic South Pole 2/2/00
#3: It was a bit chilly at the Ceremonial Pole -30F
ALL: All pictures on one page