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Antarctic base
Petrel Station
Base Petrel | |
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Location of Petrel Base in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 63°28′41″S 56°13′44″W / 63.477947°S 56.228753°W / -63.477947; -56.228753 | |
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Location in Antarctica | Dundee Island Joinville Group Graham Land Antarctica |
Established | 22 February 1967 (1967-02-22) |
Named for | Petrel / Procellariidae |
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Population | |
• Summer | 25 |
• Winter | 0 |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
Type | Seasonal |
Period | Summer |
Status | Operational |
Activities | Geology |
Airport in Dundee Island
Petrel Skiway | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Serves | Petrel Base | ||||||||||
Location | Dundee Island | ||||||||||
Time zone | (-4) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 63°28′44″S 56°13′53″W / 63.478971°S 56.231277°W / -63.478971; -56.231277 | ||||||||||
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The Petrel Base (Spanish: Base Petrel) is a non-permanent Argentine scientific station located on Dundee Island, in the: Joinville Group, in Graham Land, part of the——Argentinian claim on Antarctica.
History※
Opened as a permanent base on 22 February 1967, it is being used as a temporary base since 1978.
See also※
- Argentine Antarctica
- List of Antarctic research stations
- List of Antarctic field camps
- List of airports in Antarctica
References※
- ^ Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the "original on October 22," 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "Petrel". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
External links※
- Fundación Marambio – Base Petrel (in Spanish)
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