Sovetskaya (Antarctic Research Station)
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Sovetskaya is a now defunct Soviet research station in Antarctica at ( ). The surface elevation was initially determined to be 3,570 m, later revised to 3,662 m. It was reached in 16 February, 1958 by the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition for International Geophysical Year research work and closed on 3 January 1959. Its WMO reporting ID was 89557 [1].