Risopatrón Base Explained

Risopatrón Station
Settlement Type:Antarctic base
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Coordinates:-62.3783°N -59.7008°W
Subdivision Type:Country
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Subdivision Type1:Location in Antarctica
Subdivision Name1:Robert Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
Subdivision Type3:Administered by
Subdivision Name3:Instituto Antártico Chileno INACH
Established Title:Established
Elevation M:15
Population As Of:2017
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Population Blank1:6
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Population Blank2:0
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Website:Refugio Luis Risopatrón INACH

Risopatrón Base, also Luis Risopatrón Base, is a small Chilean Antarctic research base in the northwest of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated on the isthmus linking Coppermine Peninsula to Alfatar Peninsula and bounded by Carlota Cove to the north and Coppermine Cove to the south. Established as a refuge in 1949 and opened as a base in 1954, the facility supports summer research in geology, geophysics and terrestrial biology.

The base is named after the Chilean geographer Luis Risopatrón (1869-1930) who compiled and published a comprehensive geographical dictionary of Chile in 1924.

Location

The base is located at -62.3784°N -59.7007°W which is 1.61 km southeast of Fort William, 1.63 km north-northwest of The Triplets, 11.3 km north by west of Arturo Prat Base and 8.16 km north-northeast of Maldonado Base (Bulgarian mapping in 2009.)

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Notes and References

  1. catalogue . Antarctic Station Catalogue . August 2017 . . 978-0-473-40409-3 . 55 . 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.