Novolazarevskaya Station (russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a
Russia
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n, formerly
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
, Antarctic research station. The station is located at
Schirmacher Oasis
The Schirmacher Oasis (or Schirmacher Lake Plateau) is a long and up to wide ice-free plateau with more than 100 freshwater lakes. It is situated in the Schirmacher Hills on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica and is ...
,
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...
, from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by
Lazarev Ice Shelf. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the
6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.
Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip (
ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...
:AT17) that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010
GLONASS
GLONASS (russian: ГЛОНАСС, label=none, ; rus, links=no, Глобальная навигационная спутниковая система, r=Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema, t=Global Navigation Satellite System) is ...
differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevskaya personnel.
Novolazarevskaya is east of India's
Maitri research station.
Climate
Novo Runway
It is a
blue ice runway
A blue ice runway is a runway constructed in Antarctic areas with no net annual snow accumulation. The density of the ice increases as air bubbles are forced out, strengthening the resultant ice surface so that aircraft landings using wheels ins ...
, located away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and
Maitri.
See also
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List of Antarctic research stations
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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 ...
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List of airports in Antarctica
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Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (russian: Советская антарктическая экспедиция, САЭ, ''Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya'') was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the So ...
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Leonid Rogozov
Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Ро́гозов; 14 March 1934 – 21 September 2000) was a Soviet general practitioner who took part in the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–1961. In April 1961 he ...
References
External links
Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
GLONASS reference station was built in Novolazarevskaya Station • Antarctic facilities
• Antarctic facilities map
1961 establishments in Antarctica
Russia and the Antarctic
Outposts of Queen Maud Land
Soviet Union and the Antarctic
Princess Astrid Coast
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