Komsomolskaya (Antarctic research station)
Komsomolskaya Station | |
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Antarctic base | |
![]() ![]() Komsomolskaya Station Location of Komsomolskaya Station in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 74°06′S 94°30′E / 74.1°S 94.5°ECoordinates: 74°06′S 94°30′E / 74.1°S 94.5°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Location in Antarctica | Queen Mary Land Antarctica |
Administered by | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Established | 1957 |
Evacuated | 1962 |
Elevation | 3,500 m (11,500 ft) |
Type | All-year round |
Period | Annual |
Status | Closed |
Website | Official website |
Komsomolskaya was a Soviet Antarctic inland research station founded in 1957 in Queen Mary Land,[1] in eastern Antarctica. It was a year-round station till 1959, then used as a seasonal outpost till 1962 when it was shut down permanently. Nonetheless it is still used as a fuel storage stop for supply caravans en route from Mirny Station to Vostok Station.[2]
The station was located 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) above sea level, and 760 kilometres (470 mi) inland from Mirny Station.[citation needed]
Estonian writer Juhan Smuul spent a week in Komsomolskaya in 1958 and described the life and working there in his book Antarctica Ahoy!: The Ice Book, originally published in 1960 as Jäine raamat.[citation needed]
See also[]
- List of Antarctic research stations
- List of Antarctic field camps
References[]
- ^ "Soviet Antarctic expedition". Elsevier. 1965. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "The Unesco Courier, Volume 15". UNESCO. 1962. p. vi.
Categories:
- Outposts of Antarctica
- Russia and the Antarctic
- Outposts of Queen Mary Land
- Soviet Union and the Antarctic
- 1957 establishments in Antarctica
- 1962 disestablishments in Antarctica
- Queen Mary Land geography stubs
- Russian history stubs