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Galeta Island is an island located on the Atlantic side of the Republic of Panama, just east of the city of
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Galeta Island is an island located on the Atlantic side of the Republic of Panama, just east of the city of Colón, Panama
Colón () is a city and Port#Seaport, seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's se ...
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Galeta Island was the site of a U.S. military communications facility from the 1930s through 2002, when it was turned over to the government of Panama. The facility included an operations building located in the center of a U.S. Navy AN/FRD-10A(V) antenna array, which is a Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) also known as a Wullenweber array.
The island was shared with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), which still maintains a research facility on the island. U.S. military activity ceased on the island after 2002, while tropical research continues in a separate facility located just east of the former communications facility.
See also
*List of former United States military installations in Panama
This is a list of United States military installations in Panama, all of which fall within the former Panama Canal Zone, Canal zone. The U.S. military installations in Panama were turned over to local authorities by 1999.
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References
External links
STRI Galeta webcam
*Rumsfeld Archive
document which has description of Galeta Island NSGA
Caribbean islands of Panama Military installations of the United States in Panama Military installations closed in 2002 {{Colón-geo-stub