It is situated next to the Finnish Aboa Research Station on the Basen nunatak in the Kraul Mountains in Queen Maud Land.

The two stations cooperate, and are jointly referred to as the Nordenskiöld Base Camp.

[2] The Wasa Station is operated by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat during the summer season, and accommodates up to 20 people.

The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has developed a system of tracked vehicles, sledges and housing modules for transportation to the scientists’ workplaces.

Wasa and the other research stations in Dronning Maud Land are reached through the aviation partnership within DROMLaN, the Dronning Maud Land Air Network.