Leningradskaya Station Explained

Leningradskaya Station
Native Name:Ленинградская
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Antarctic research station
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Antarctica
Pushpin Relief:y
Subdivision Type:Region
Subdivision Name:Victoria Land
Subdivision Type1:Location
Subdivision Name1:Near Oates Coast
Established Title:Established
Established Date:
Extinct Title:Closed
Government Type:Administration
Governing Body:Russian Antarctic Expedition
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:300
Population Blank1 Title:Summer
Population Blank1:Up to 10
Population Blank2 Title:Winter
Population Blank2:0
Blank Name Sec1:Active times
Blank Info Sec1:Every summer
Blank1 Name Sec1:Activities
Blank2 Name Sec1:Facilities

Leningradskaya station (Russian: Ленинградская) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) Antarctic research station, located in the northern shore of Victoria Land, at the Oates Coast.[2] It was opened on February 25, 1971 by the members of the 15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.[3] It closed in 1991, but during its lifetime was host to studies of meteorology, Earth magnetism, oceanology and glaciology.

In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), said:

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References

  1. catalogue . Antarctic Station Catalogue . August 2017 . . 978-0-473-40409-3 . 111 . 16 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221022102847/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61073506e9b0073c7eaaf464/t/611497cc1ece1b43f0eeca8a/1628739608968/COMNAP_Antarctic_Station_Catalogue.pdf . 22 October 2022 . live.
  2. Web site: Station Leningradskaya . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901040807/http://aari.aq/default_en.html . 1 September 2022 . 8 September 2022 . Federal Program World Ocean Antarctic Research and Investigation Subprogram Russian Antarctic Expedition.
  3. Dosachev . I. D. . Gusev . V. P. . 1980 . The medical geography of Leningradskaya station (Antarctica) . Polar Geography and Geology . en . 4 . 1 . 50–52 . 10.1080/10889378009377129 . 0273-8457.

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