Aguirre Cerda
Base Presidente Pedro Aguirre Cerda | |
|---|---|
 The base | |
  Aguirre Cerda Location in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 62°56′01″S 60°35′45″W / 62.9337°S 60.5959°W | |
| Region | South Shetland Islands |
| Location | Deception Island |
| Established | 12 February 1955 |
| Destroyed | 4 December 1967 |
| Named for | Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
| Government | |
| • Type | Administration |
| • Body | Instituto Antártico Chileno |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16 |
| Active times | All year-round |
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. The same year, the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition was established at Deception Island to help the survey of the Antarctic Peninsula, operating aircraft from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd.