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Argentine Antarctic Program
Argentina was one of the twelve original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty which was signed on December 1, 1959, and came in force on 21 June 1961. Argentina's scientific activities started at the beginning of the twentieth century when an Argentine named José María Sobral joined the Swedish South Polar Expedition (1901–1904) commanded by Otto Nordenskjold, which wintered two years in Antarctica. In 1904, W. S. Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, turned over to Argentina the meteorological and geomagnetic observatory on Laurie Island, South Orkney Island which had been established in the previous year. Since then the observatory has been run by Argentina and is the location of the Orcadas Station. It claims to be the first permanent facility south of 60° Southern latitude. The Argentine Antarctic Program is composed of several organizations forming the highest levels of the National Government. Logistics are provided by the Argentine Army, under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Base Primavera
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Argentine Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica ( es, Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino) is an area of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25th meridian west, 25° West and 74th meridian west, 74° West meridians and the 60th parallel south, 60° South parallel. This region overlaps the British Antarctic Territory, British and Chilean Antarctic Territory, Chilean claims in Antarctica. Argentina's Antarctic claim is based on its continued presence in the region since 1904, and the area's proximity to the South American continent. Argentina's claim to this area is subject to the Antarctic Treaty. Administratively, Argentine Antarctica is a Departments of Argentina, department of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands. The provincial authorities are based i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Organizations Based In Antarctica
This is a list of organizations based in Antarctica. Organizations based in Antarctica * Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition Antarctic agencies * Antarctica New Zealand * Argentine Antarctic Program * Australian Antarctic Division * Brazilian Antarctic Program * British Antarctic Survey * Instituto Antártico Argentino * Instituto Antártico Chileno * IPEVFrench Polar Institute * National Antarctic Research Program * New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee * Norwegian Polar Institute * Tasmanian polar network * United States Antarctic Program Museums in Antarctica * Discovery Hut * Port Lockroy base * Scott's Hut * South Georgia Museum See also * Scouting in the Antarctic References {{Portal bar, Geography Organizations based in Antarctica, List Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrel Base
The Petrel Base ( es, 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 __TOC__ List , 18/36Ice , - valign=top , Palmer SkiwayHeliport , , NZ12 , , Anvers Island , , 01/19Snow , - valign=top , Patriot Hills Blue-Ice Runway , , SCPZ , , Ellsworth Mountains , , 24MIce , - valign=top , Pegasu ... References External links Fundación Marambio – Base Petrel Argentine Antarctica Joinville Island group Outposts of Graham Land 1967 establishments in Antarctica {{JoinvilleIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cámara Base
Cámara Base ( es, Base Cámara or sometimes ''Estación Cámara'' or ''Teniente Camara'') is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Frigate Lieutenant Naval Aviator Juan Ramón Cámara. It is located in the northern foothills of La Morenita Hill, at Menguante Cove in Half Moon Island off the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Cámara is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. It was officially opened on April 1, 1953, and was in service until the summer of 1959–60, when it was closed. It was not reopened until 1988, to serve during the summer season only. History During the austral summer campaign of 1952–1953 one of the main missions of the Argentine Antarctic Task Force, then commanded by then Ship-of-the-Line Captain Rodolfo N. Panzarini, was to establish a new naval detachment in the South Shetland Islands. The selected place was the small Half Moon Island next to Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Base Aérea Teniente Benjamín Matienzo
Matienzo Base ( es, Base Aérea Teniente Benjamín Matienzo, or more often ''Base Matienzo'' or ''Estación Matienzo'') is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Lieutenant Benjamín Matienzo, an Argentine aviation pioneer. It is located in Larsen Nunatak, one of the Foca Nunataks, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Matienzo is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. From 1961 to 1985 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only. History Matienzo was founded as ''Lieutenant Matienzo'' Joint Base ( es, Base Conjunta Teniente Matienzo) on 15 March 1961 as a joint effort between the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force. Under the command of then Captain Ignacio Carro, several aircraft and tracked vehicles were employed to transport more than of cargo from Esperanza. At the end of 1962 Matienzo was the launch site for the first major Air Force operation in the Antarctic. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamma Island
Gamma Island is an island, long, which marks the southwestern extremity of the Melchior Islands in the Palmer Archipelago. This island was first roughly charted and named "Ile Gouts" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but that name has not survived in usage. The current name, derived from gamma, the third letter of the Greek alphabet, was probably given by Discovery Investigations personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was also surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. The Argentines call it ''Isla Observatorio'' and erected the Melchior Base Melchior Base ( es, Base Melchior or, seldom, ''Estación Melchior'') is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station. It is located on Gamma Island (which the Argentines call ''Isla Observatorio''), Melchior Islands, Dallmann B ... there in 1947.John Stewart: ''Antarctica – An Encyclopedia''. Volume 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Base Melchior
Melchior Base ( es, Base Melchior or, seldom, ''Estación Melchior'') is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station. It is located on Gamma Island (which the Argentines call ''Isla Observatorio''), Melchior Islands, Dallmann Bay, in Palmer Archipelago on Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctic Peninsula. It is Argentina's second historical Antarctic base, after the 1904 establishment of the Orcadas Naval Detachment, the world's first—and oldest—permanent settlement in Antarctica. Melchior is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. From 1947 to 1961 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only. History In January 1942 the Argentine Navy transport ARA ''Primero de Mayo'', commanded by then Frigate Captain Alberto J. Oddera, departed from Buenos Aires with the mission of studying the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, especially the area of the Melchior and Argentine Islands. In the former the expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Base Decepción
Deception Station ( es, Base Decepción) is an Argentine antarctic base located at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. History The station was founded on January 25, 1948, and was a year-round station until December 1967 when volcanic eruptions forced the evacuation of the base. Since then it is inhabited only during the summer. The island suffered severe volcanic eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970. In 1950 a seismograph was installed in the base, and in 1951 it also received ionospheric equipment. In 1993 a volcano observatory was opened. Climate See also * Gabriel de Castilla Base * List of Antarctic research stations * List of Antarctic field camps Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than te ... References External links Base Decepciónat Marambio. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almirante Brown Base
Brown Station ( es, Estación Científica Almirante Brown, or more often ''Base Brown'' or ''Estación Brown'') is an Argentina, Argentine Antarctica, Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Admiral William Brown (admiral), William Brown, the father of the Argentine Navy. It is located on Coughtrey Peninsula, Sanavirón Peninsula along Paradise Harbor, Danco Coast, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Brown is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. From 1951 to 1984 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only. History Brown Station dates to 6 April 1951, when Argentina established the ''Almirante Brown'' Naval Detachment at Paradise Harbor. The Argentine Antarctic Institute took over the station in 1964–65, creating one of the most complete biology laboratories on the Antarctic Peninsula. It included a main house of ; two folding fuel tanks; and an additional building exclusive for scientific r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarctic Treaty
russian: link=no, Договор об Антарктике es, link=no, Tratado Antártico , name = Antarctic Treaty System , image = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty.svgborder , image_width = 180px , caption = Flag of the Antarctic Treaty System , type = Condominium , date_drafted = , date_signed = December 1, 1959"Antarctic Treaty" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 439. , location_signed = Washington, D.C., United States , date_sealed = , date_effective = June 23, 1961 , condition_effective = Ratification of all 12 signatories , date_expiration = , signatories = 12 , parties = 55 , depositor = Federal government of the United States , languages = English, French, Russian, and Spanish , wikisource = Antarctic Treaty The Antarctic Treaty a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
