Novolazarevskaya Station Explained

Novolazarevskaya Station
Native Name:Новолазаревская
Native Name Lang:ru
Settlement Type:Antarctic station
Flag Size:110px
Mapsize:350px
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Novolazarevskaya Station in Antarctica
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Novolazarevskaya Station in Antarctica
Coordinates:-70.7769°N 11.8239°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: (formerly)
Subdivision Type1:Location in Antarctica
Subdivision Type3:Administered by
Subdivision Name3:Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Established Title:Established
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Blank Info Sec1:All-year round
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Blank1 Info Sec1:Annual
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Elevation M:102
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Summer
Population Blank1:70
Population Blank2 Title:Winter
Population Blank2:40
Code1 Name:UN/LOCODE
Code1 Info:AQ NOV

Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75km (47miles) from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by Lazarev Ice Shelf. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.

Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip (ICAO:AT17) that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010 GLONASS differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevskaya personnel.

Novolazarevskaya is east of India's Maitri research station.

Novo Runway

Novo Runway
Iata:QAO
Icao:AT17
Type:Private
Operator:Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI)
City-Served:Novolazarevskaya and Maitri
Location:Dronning Maud Land
Utc:+3.30
Coordinates:-70.8215°N 11.6433°W
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airfield in Antarctica
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-F:10,824
R1-Length-M:3299
R1-Surface:Blue Ice
Footnotes:[2]

The Novo runway is a blue ice runway, located away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and Maitri.

Famous Appendectomy

Novolazarevskaya Station is the site of perhaps the most famous appendectomy ever undertaken. In April 1961, Dr Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, the 27-year-old Soviet surgeon, performed an appendectomy on himself after developing acute appendicitis.

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Notes and References

  1. catalogue . Antarctic Station Catalogue . August 2017 . . 978-0-473-40409-3 . 117 . 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: Novolazarevskaya . Airport Nav Finder . October 16, 2018.