Jang Bogo Station | |
Settlement Type: | Antarctic base |
Flag Size: | 110px |
Flag Border: | no |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Jang Bogo Station in Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jang Bogo Station in Antarctica |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | -74.624°N 164.2288°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
Subdivision Name1: | Terra Nova Bay Ross Sea |
Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
Subdivision Name3: | Korea Polar Research Institute |
Established Title: | Established |
Elevation M: | 36.6 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
Population Blank1: | 62 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
Population Blank2: | 23 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
Blank Info Sec1: | All-year round |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Period |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Annual |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Status |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Operational |
Blank Name Sec2: | Activities |
Blank Info Sec2: | Climate change |
Code1 Name: | UN/LOCODE |
Code1 Info: | AQ JBS |
Website: | Korea Polar Research Institute |
Hangul: | 장보고과학기지 |
Hanja: | 張保皐科學基地 |
Rr: | Jangbogo Gwahak Giji |
Mr: | Changpoko Kwahak Kiji |
The Jang Bogo Station in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica is a permanent South Korean research station. It is the second base of South Korean Antarctic research mission (after King Sejong Station), and the first that is located in mainland Antarctica. Completed in February 2014,[2] the station houses 23 people in winter and 62 in summer[1] in a 4000 square-metre building with three wings, and is one of the larger permanent bases in Antarctica.
The base, named after an eighth-century maritime ruler of Korea, is located in the Ross Dependency and near the Zucchelli Station of Italy. It was built by Hyundai Engineering and Construction, with material shipped from Busan to Lyttelton, New Zealand for transfer to the new Korean icebreaker, the RS Araon. For aeronautic operations such as the transport of personnel or cargo, the base is supported by the Italian Antarctic Program using the ice runway operated by Zucchelli Station in Tethys Bay.
Jang Bogo Station opened on 12 February 2014.[3] [4] A dedication ceremony was held for it by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.