Gabriel de Castilla Base is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The station was constructed in 1990.
The station is named for Gabriel de Castilla, a 17th century Spanish navigator and according to some reports the first person to sight the mainland of Antarctica.
[Vázquez de Acuña, Isidoro. ''Don Gabriel de Castilla primer avistador de la Antártica'' en Revista de Marina 1993 N° 2, Valparaíso: Armada de Chile.]
See also
* Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base
* Deception Station
* Research stations in Antarctica#List of research stations, List of Antarctic research stations
* Antarctic field camps, List of Antarctic field camps
References
Outposts of Antarctica
Outposts of the South Shetland Islands
1990 establishments in Antarctica
Research in Spain
Spain and the Antarctic
1990 establishments in Spain
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