Martin-de-Viviès

Martin-de-Viviès Camp Heurtin
Village
Martin-de-Viviès in 2008
Amsterdam Island, with Martin-de-Viviès at the northern end
Coordinates: 37°47′50″S 77°34′19″E / 37.79722°S 77.57194°E / -37.79722; 77.57194Coordinates: 37°47′50″S 77°34′19″E / 37.79722°S 77.57194°E / -37.79722; 77.57194
Country	France
Territory	French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF)
District	Île Amsterdam

Martin-de-Viviès, or La Roche Godon, formerly Camp Heurtin, is a research station and the only settlement on the Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul islands of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the southern Indian Ocean. It lies on the north coast of Amsterdam Island and houses about thirty people.^[1]

It was named after who, with ten others, spent the winter of 1949 on the island.

The station was originally named Camp Heurtin and has been in operation since 1 January 1981, superseding the first station, La Roche Godon.

The Global Atmosphere Watch is one of the programs that the station participates in.^{[citation needed]}

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