Primavera Base
Base Primavera Estación Primavera | |
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Antarctic base | |
 View of Primavera, austral summer of 2010 | |
  Primavera Base Location within Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 64°09′21″S 60°57′19″W / 64.155766°S 60.955183°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province |
| Department | Antártida Argentina |
| Region | San Martín Land Antarctic Peninsula |
| Location | Primavera Cape Cierva Cove Danco Coast |
| Settled | March 3, 1977 (1976–77 austral summer season) |
| Named for | Spanish: Cabo Primavera ("Spring Cape") |
| Government | |
| • Type | Directorate |
| • Body | Dirección Nacional del Antártico |
| • Operator | Instituto Antártico Argentino |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Summer | 18 |
| • Winter | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Facilities | List
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Primavera Base (Spanish: Base Primavera or sometimes Estación Primavera) is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station. It is located on Primavera Cape (next to Cierva Cove) on San Martín Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
As of 2014[update] Primavera is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina.[2] From 1977 to 1982 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.[3]
- ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Argentine Antarctic Stations". Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Base de Ejército Primavera" (in Spanish). Fundación Marambio. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014.