| World Park Station | |
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic research station |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Subdivision Type: | Region |
| Subdivision Name: | Ross Island |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cape Evans |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Title: | Dismantled |
| Government Type: | Administration |
| Governing Body: | Greenpeace |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Active times |
| Blank Info Sec1: | All year-round |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Activities |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Facilities |
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. The international environmental organization Greenpeace established World Park Base in 1987 in order to press its demand for the Antarctic Treaty nations to declare the continent of Antarctica as a World Park. This would make the entire continent off-limits to commercial exploitation and pollution, and permit only limited scientific research. Greenpeace closed down in 1991 and completely dismantled the base in 1992.[1] [2]
The official attitude amongst the Antarctic Treaty nations was that World Park Base was to be ignored and that no assistance be given to it, although New Zealand, which claims jurisdiction over Ross Dependency (though all territorial claims are in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty), would have assisted if a life-threatening situation arose.