Ruperto Elichiribehety Station | |
Native Name: | Estación científica antártica Ruperto Elichiribehety |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Other Name: | Station D |
Settlement Type: | Antarctic research station |
Nickname: | ECARE |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Antarctica |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Subdivision Type: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Antarctic Peninsula |
Subdivision Type1: | Location |
Subdivision Name1: | Near Hut Cove |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Title1: | Transferred |
Extinct Title: | Closed |
Named For: | Ruperto Elichiribehety |
Government Type: | Administration |
Governing Body: | Uruguayan Antarctic Institute |
Elevation M: | 2.8 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
Population Blank1: | 7 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
Population Blank2: | 0 |
Code1 Name: | UN/LOCODE |
Blank Name Sec1: | Active times |
Blank Info Sec1: | Every summer |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Activities |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Facilities |
The Estación Científica Antártica Ruperto Elichiribehety (English: Ruperto Elichiribehety Antarctic Scientific Station; better known in English by its Spanish acronym ECARE) is an Uruguay summer research station in Antarctica, established by the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute on December 22, 1997 on the Antarctic Peninsula.
ECARE is located in Hut Cove, southeast of Hope Bay in the northeastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, next to the Argentinian Esperanza Base.The Station can accommodate eight people,[1] and it is dedicated to support scientific projects in the surrounding area. It was formerly the British Station D, known as Trinity House.[2]
The station is named in honour of Ruperto Elichiribehety, a Uruguayan Navy Lieutenant who, in 1916, led the Uruguayan Expedition attempting to rescue the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition that was lost on Elephant Island.