| Maldonado Station | |||||
| Official Name: | Pedro Vincente Maldonado | ||||
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic station | ||||
| Flag Size: | 110px | ||||
| Flag Border: | no | ||||
| Mapsize: | 350px | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica | ||||
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Maldonado Station in Antarctica | ||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Maldonado Station in Antarctica | ||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 | ||||
| Pushpin Relief: | yes | ||||
| Coordinates: | -62.4491°N -59.7414°W | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: |  | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands Antarctica | ||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by | ||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Instituto Antártico Ecuatoriano INAE | ||||
| Established Title: | Established | ||||
| Elevation M: | 10 | ||||
| Population As Of: | 2017 | ||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer | ||||
| Population Blank1: | 32 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Blank Name Sec2: | Activities | ||||
| Website: | Instituto Antartico Ecuatoriano | ||||
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Maldonado Base, also Pedro Vicente Maldonado Base, is the Ecuadorian Antarctic research base situated at Guayaquil Bay, Greenwich Island.It is located in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It opened in 1990. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.
The base is named after the Spanish-American astronomer, topographer, and geographer Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748) born in Riobamba, present Ecuador.
There is a lighthouse near the base.
The base is located at -62.4491°N -59.7414°W which is 560 m south-southwest of Orión Point, 990 m southwest of Spark Point, 1.16 km north-northwest of Serrano Point and 2.56 km east-southeast of Agüedo Point (detailed Ecuadorian mapping in 2007, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).