Yelcho Base
Yelcho Station | |
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![]() ![]() Yelcho Station Location of Yelcho Station in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 64°52′00″S 63°35′00″W / 64.866667°S 63.583333°WCoordinates: 64°52′00″S 63°35′00″W / 64.866667°S 63.583333°W | |
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Location in Antarctica | South Bay Doumer Island Antarctica |
Administered by | Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH) |
Established | 18 February 1962 |
Named for | Yelcho (1906) |
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Type | Seasonal |
Period | Summer |
Status | Operational |
Website | Base Yelcho (INACH) |
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island.[1]
The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980. It was abandoned between 1998 and 2014, and was reopened in 2015.[2]
After its last remodeling it went from being a small "sub-base", a scientific shelter of 50 m² built, to have a built area of 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), with its own laboratories and an increase in accommodation capacity, from its original 7 beds, until completing space for up to 15 people.[3]
Toponymy[]
It is named for the Yelcho that was commanded by Luis Pardo, who saved the Shacketon's Expedition in 1916 from the Elephant Island.
History[]
The construction of the base was initiated by the Chilean Navy during the , and was completed in the following season, on 18 February 1962.
See also[]
- List of Antarctic research stations
- List of Antarctic field camps
References[]
- ^ "PCO. Yelcho". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Inach en Antártica: Bases, refugios y campamentos" (in Spanish). 2009-05-03. Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ Carlos González Isla. Inach reactiva investigación antártica en base Yelcho tras 17 años, La Tercera, 11 de febrero de 2015, p. 43.
External links[]
- Outposts of Antarctica
- Chilean Antarctic Territory
- 1962 establishments in Antarctica
- Doumer Island