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Gabriel de Castilla Base is a Spanish research station located on
Deception Island Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally troubled by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an act ...
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South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
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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 ...
. The station was constructed in 1990. The station is named for
Gabriel de Castilla Gabriel de Castilla (1577 – c. 1620) was a Spanish explorer and navigator. A native of Palencia, it has been argued that he was an early explorer of Antarctica.Vázquez de Acuña, Isidoro. ''Don Gabriel de Castilla primer avistador de la Ant ...
, 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.


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Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I ( es, Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos Primero), is a seasonal (November to March) scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988. Situated on Hu ...
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Deception Station Deception Station ( es, Base Decepción) is an Argentine antarctic base located at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. History The station was founded on January 25, 1948, and was a year-round station until December 1967 when volcanic e ...
* List of Antarctic research stations *
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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Outposts of Antarctica Outposts of the South Shetland Islands 1990 establishments in Antarctica Research in Spain Spain and the Antarctic 1990 establishments in Spain {{SouthShetlands-geo-stub