| Wasa Station | |
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic base |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Wasa Research Station in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wasa Research Station in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -73.0399°N -13.3986°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
| Subdivision Name1: | Princess Martha Coast Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | Swedish Polar Research Secretariat |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Title: | Evacuated |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 440 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
| Population Blank1: | 13 |
| 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: | Variable according to the expedition |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Facilities |
| Code1 Name: | UN/LOCODE |
| Code1 Info: | AQ WSA |
The Wasa Research Station is a Swedish research facility in Antarctica, established in 1988/1989. It is situated next to the Finnish Aboa Research Station on the Basen nunatak in the Kraul Mountains in Queen Maud Land. The two stations cooperate, and are jointly referred to as the Nordenskiöld Base Camp.[2]
The Wasa Station is operated by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat during the summer season, and accommodates up to 20 people.[1] Its main building is 17.5x, and constructed on top of 1.5m (04.9feet) long supporting cylinders to avoid accumulation of snow. It features four bedrooms, a big kitchen and a living room. There is also a shower, a sauna and a laundry room. The station was designed to be extremely energy efficient, with energy supplied mainly by solar and wind power.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat has developed a system of tracked vehicles, sledges and housing modules for transportation to the scientists’ workplaces. Snowmobiles are used for shorter, less laborious fieldwork. Wasa and the other research stations in Dronning Maud Land are reached through the aviation partnership within DROMLaN, the Dronning Maud Land Air Network.