Petrel Base Explained

Petrel Station
Native Name:Base Petrel
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Antarctic base
Flag Size:110px
Flag Border:no
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Petrel Base in Antarctica
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Petrel Base in Antarctica
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Relief:yes
Coordinates:-63.4779°N -56.2288°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Location in Antarctica
Subdivision Name1:Dundee Island
Joinville Group
Graham Land
Antarctica
Subdivision Type3:Administered by
Established Title:Established
Extinct Title:Evacuated
Named For:Petrel / Procellariidae
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:18
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Summer
Population Blank1:25
Population Blank2 Title:Winter
Population Blank2:0
Timezone1:ART
Utc Offset1:-3
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
Blank Info Sec2:Geology
Blank1 Name Sec2:Facilities
Petrel Skiway
Icao:SA47
Type:Private
City-Served:Petrel Base
Location:Dundee Island
Utc:-4
Elevation-F:15
Elevation-M:5
Coordinates:-63.479°N -56.2313°W
Pushpin Map:Antarctica
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airfield in Antarctica
R1-Number:08/26
R1-Length-F:3,485
R1-Length-M:1,062
R1-Surface:Ice
Footnotes:[2]

The Petrel Base (Spanish; Castilian: Base Petrel) is a non-permanent Argentine scientific station located on Dundee Island, in the Joinville Group, in Graham Land, part of the Argentinian claim on Antarctica.

History

Opened as a permanent base on 22 February 1967, it is being used as a temporary base since 1978.

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Notes and References

  1. catalogue . Antarctic Station Catalogue . August 2017 . . 978-0-473-40409-3 . 23 . 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: Petrel . Airport Nav Finder . October 16, 2018.