Shirreff Base | |
Official Name: | Holt Watters Field Camp |
Settlement Type: | Antarctic base |
Flag Size: | 110px |
Flag Border: | no |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Shirreff Base in Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Shirreff Base in Antarctica |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | -62.4699°N -60.7714°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
Subdivision Name1: | Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula Livingston Island South Shetland Islands Antarctica |
Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
Established Title: | Established |
Extinct Title: | Evacuated |
Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
Population Blank1: | 6 |
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 |
Blank Info Sec2: | Pinniped monitoring |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Facilities |
Shirreff Base (original name Cape Shirreff Field Station)[1] is a seasonal field station in the Southern Ocean operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and opened in 1996. It is situated on the east side of Cape Shirreff on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic peninsula.
In January 2023 as the station was being rebuilt, it was renamed the Holt Watters Field Camp recognizing directors Rennie Holt and George Watters of NOAA's Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (AERD).[2]
It is adjacent to the Chilean base called Doctor Guillermo Mann.
The base is located 1.58 km southeast of Cape Shirreff and 3.32 km west-northwest of Black Point (detailed Chilean mapping in 2004. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).