Novolazarevskaya Station
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Novolazarevskaya Station
Новолазаревская | |
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Novolazarevskaya Station Location of Novolazarevskaya Station in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 70°46′36″S 11°49′20″E / 70.776762°S 11.822356°E | |
Country | Soviet Union Russia |
Location in Antarctica | Schirmacher Oasis Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
Administered by | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Established | 18 January 1961 |
Elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
Population | |
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Type | All-year round |
Period | Annual |
Status | Operational |
Website | www.aari.nw.ru |
Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by Lazarev Ice Shelf. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the . The maximum summer population is 70.
Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip (ICAO:AT17) that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010 GLONASS differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevskaya personnel.
Novolazarevskaya is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east of India's Maitri research station.
Climate[]
Climate data for Novolazarevskaya Station | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−7.4 (18.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−20.4 (−4.7) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) |
2.7 (0.11) |
8.9 (0.35) |
14.5 (0.57) |
29.0 (1.14) |
34.6 (1.36) |
34.7 (1.37) |
36.3 (1.43) |
33.1 (1.30) |
24.8 (0.98) |
10.8 (0.43) |
5.8 (0.23) |
237.7 (9.37) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 56.3 | 49.6 | 48.2 | 46.9 | 48.9 | 50.4 | 49.3 | 49.9 | 48.0 | 49.5 | 52.3 | 57.0 | 50.5 |
Source: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute[1] |
Novo Runway[]
Novo Runway | |||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Operator | Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) | ||||||||||
Serves | Novolazarevskaya and Maitri | ||||||||||
Location | Dronning Maud Land | ||||||||||
Opened | April 6, 2014 | ||||||||||
Time zone | (+3.30) | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 70°49′17″S 11°38′36″E / 70.821517°S 11.643345°E | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Novo Runway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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It is a blue ice runway, located 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and Maitri.
See also[]
- List of Antarctic research stations
- List of Antarctic field camps
- List of airports in Antarctica
- Soviet Antarctic Expedition
- Leonid Rogozov
References[]
- ^ "Novolazarevskaya Station (89512)". AARI. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Novolazarevskaya". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
External links[]
- Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute[permanent dead link]
- AARI Novolazarevskaya Station Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- GLONASS reference station was built in Novolazarevskaya Station[permanent dead link]
- COMNAP • Antarctic facilities[dead link]
- COMNAP • Antarctic facilities map
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