| Collins Station | |
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic base |
| Flag Size: | 110px |
| Flag Border: | yes |
| Mapsize: | 350px |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Collins Station in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Collins Station in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -62.1693°N -58.8519°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
| Subdivision Name1: | Fildes Peninsula King George Island South Shetland Islands |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | Instituto Antártico Chileno |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
| Population Blank1: | Up to 6 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
| Population Blank2: | 0 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Seasonal |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Period |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Summer |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Status |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Operational |
| Website: | Refugio Collins Instituto Antártico Chileno |
The Collins base is an Antarctic shelter located in the Collins Glacier that is in the Collins Bay in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. It was inaugurated at the 2006-2007 season and is administrated by the Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH).[2] [3]
It has capacity for two persons in summer, and it is used for scientific research. It has communications with VHF radio and the logistical support comes from the Profesor Julio Escudero Base by sea.[2]
The base replaced one with the same name, built in 1969, was given to the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute in 1984 and dismantled in 1989, located in what today is the Artigas Base from Uruguay.[4] [5]
