The Collins base is an Antarctic shelter located in the
Collins Glacier
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 50 miles (80 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and s ...
that is in the
Collins Bay *There is another ''Collins Bay'' in the southwest of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Collins Bay () is a bay lying between Deliverance Point and Cape Perez on the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. It was first chart ...
in the
Fildes Peninsula
The Fildes Peninsula is a long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in ...
,
King George Island. It was inaugurated at the 2006-2007 season and is administrated by the
Instituto Antártico Chileno
The Chilean Antarctic Institute (in Spanish Instituto Antártico Chileno) is a public service institution in charge of managing and coordinating scientific activities in the Chilean Antarctic Territory. It is the national Antarctic operator and h ...
(INACH).
It has capacity for two persons in summer, and it is used for scientific research. It has communications with VHF radio and the logistical support comes from the
Profesor Julio Escudero Base
Professor Julio Escudero Base is a permanent Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on King George Island near Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva and the civilian settlement of Villa Las Estrellas. It lies within the Antártica Chile ...
by sea.
[
The base replaced one with the same name, built in 1969, was given to the ]Uruguayan Antarctic Institute
The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute ( es, Instituto Antártico Uruguayo) is Uruguay's governmental agency to fund, organize, control and promote research on Antarctica according with the Antarctic Treaty System. It was founded by scientists, and is ...
in 1984 and dismantled in 1989, located in what today is the Artigas Base
The General Artigas Station ( es, Base Científica Antártica Artigas), also referred to as the Artigas Base is the larger of the two Uruguayan scientific research stations in Antarctica, the other one being Elichiribehety Base. It is one of ...
from Uruguay.
See also
* List of Antarctic research stations
* List of Antarctic field camps
References
External links
Refugio Collins
INACH
Photo of the base
Scientific research near the base
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Buildings and structures in the South Shetland Islands
King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Chilean Antarctic Territory
2006 establishments in Antarctica