Taishan Station () is the fourth of the four
Chinese
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research stations in
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 Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
.
Officially opened on February 8, 2014, it is the fourth Chinese research station in Antarctica following
Great Wall
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand Li (unit), ''li'' wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against Eurasian noma ...
,
Zhongshan
Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 i ...
and
Kunlun
The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...
stations.
The site is located 2,621 m above sea level in
Princess Elizabeth Land
Princess Elizabeth Land is the sector of Antarctica between longitude 73° east and Cape Penck (at 87°43' east). The sector is claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, although this claim is not widely recognized.
Ge ...
, 522 km and 600 km to Zhongshan and Kunlun stations respectively.
One of its functions is to serve as a relay point between the two stations.
The construction started on December 26, 2013. The station's main building covers an area of 410 m², together with the auxiliary building covering 590 m², provide the living and researching area for 20 people during the Antarctic summer.
See also
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Antarctic Great Wall Station
The Great Wall Station () is the first Chinese research station in Antarctica and opened on 20 February 1985. It lies on the Fildes Peninsula on King George Island, and is about from the Chilean Frei Montalva Station, and from Cape Horn. The ...
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Antarctic Kunlun Station
Kunlun Station () is the southernmost of four Chinese research stations in Antarctica. When it is occupied during the summer, it is the second-southernmost research base in Antarctica, behind only the American Amundsen–Scott South Pole Stati ...
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Antarctic Zhongshan Station
Zhongshan Station () is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on February 26, 1989.
Overview
''Zhongshan Station'' is named after Sun Yat-sen, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China in ...
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Arctic Yellow River Station
The Arctic Yellow River Station () was established by the Polar Research Institute of China in Ny-Ålesund, on Svalbard, in 2003.
Scientists at the station conducted research into the Aurora Borealis and microbes in the ice-pack, glacier moni ...
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Crime in Antarctica
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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 Antarctic research stations
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Polar Research Institute of China
The Polar Research Institute of China () (PRIC) is the main Chinese research institute for the study of Earth's polar regions. It is based in Shanghai, China.
The Institute manages five polar research stations (four in Antarctica and one in the A ...
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References
China and the Antarctic
Outposts of Antarctica
Polar Research Institute of China
2014 establishments in Antarctica
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