Asuka Station (Antarctica)

Asuka Station
あすか基地
Asuka Observation Base (until 2004)
Asuka Station is located in Antarctica
Asuka Station
Asuka Station
Location in Antarctica
Coordinates: 71°31′18″S 24°08′12″E / 71.5217°S 24.1367°E / -71.5217; 24.1367[1]
RegionQueen Maud Land
LocationNear Mount Romnaes
Established26 March 1985 (1985-03-26)
ClosedJanuary 1992 (1992-01)
Named forAsuka, Yamato
Government
 • TypeAdministration
 • BodyNIPR, Japan
Active timesEvery summer
Websitenipr.ac.jp

The Asuka Station (Japanese: あすか基地, Hepburn: Asuka Kichi) is a permanent Japanese Antarctic unmanned observation base. It is located on Queen Maud Land and was opened in 1985.[2] The station closed in January 1992 and is listed as temporarily closed as of 2015. It is currently under snow.[3]

  1. ^ "Asuka Camp". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ National Institute of Polar Research
  3. ^ "Asuka Station, WAP JPN-Ø1". World Antarctic Program. Retrieved 18 April 2023.