The Estación Científica Antártica Ruperto Elichiribehety (English: Ruperto Elichiribehety Antarctic Scientific Station; better known in English by its Spanish

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ECARE) is an

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summer

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, established by the

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on December 22, 1997 on the

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. ECARE is located in Hut Cove, southeast of

Hope Bay Hope Bay ( Spanish: ''Bahía Esperanza'') on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. It is the site of the Argentinian Antarctic settlement Esperanza Base, established ...

in the northeastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, next to the

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. The Station can accommodate eight people, and it is dedicated to support scientific projects in the surrounding area. It was formerly the British Station D, known as Trinity House. The station is named in honour of Ruperto Elichiribehety, a

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who, in 1916, led the Uruguayan Expedition attempting to rescue the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition that was lost on

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The 2007 ROU 4 Artigas, Uruguayan ship supporting ECARE

Outposts of Antarctica Uruguay and the Antarctic 1997 establishments in Antarctica {{Antarctica-stub

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