Geographical
and
scientific
Missions
Explorers
and scientists in Italian Army
Military personnels parecipated in many missions in several parts of the world since a long time.
Geographical discovers, borders' and maps' definition saw Italian military people involved.
From Eastern Africa to the South Pole, from Malta to the Everest, Italian Army gave
and is giving its contribution to the knowledge, to the science, to the progress and to the peace.
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TAKE NOTE: We listed some geographical areas, where Italian Army was and is active, but we
show philatelic stuff only related to the 2000 Eritrea mission (point 10) and Antarctica expeditions (point 11 and 11a).
Some images are not yet available, but we are continuously updating this section.
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1. Balkans
(1878-1879)
- Partecipation
to
the International
commission for borders' defintion.
2. Northern and
Easter Africa (1885-1940)
Geo-topographical
missions.
3. Giuba e Orobio
(1891-1897)
Geographical
and exploratory missions.
4. Czechoslovak
(1919)
Partecipation in the International Commission for the defintion of the Country borders.
5.
Albania (1922-1926)
Partecipation to the International Commission for the defintion of the Country borders.
6. Dodecanese
(1922-1928)
Geo-tographical
mission.
7. K2 (March -
September 1954)
Support
to
the scientific mission.
8. Everest (January -
May 1973)
Support
to the scientific mission.
9. Malta (1981-1985)
Geo-topographical
mission.
10. Eritrea/Ethiopia (2000-to day)
Partecipation
to the U.N.
mission for the defintion of the Country
borders.
11
Antarctica (1985
- to day)
Support
to all Scientific missions.
11a. List of Polar missions to the South Pole and Antarctica, with covers.