Belgrano II Base

Belgrano II Base
Base Belgrano II
Antarctic base
View of Belgrano II, austral summer of 2007
View of Belgrano II, austral summer of 2007
Location within Antarctica
Location within Antarctica
Belgrano II Base
Location within Antarctica
Coordinates: 77°52′25″S 34°37′39″W / 77.873696°S 34.627588°W / -77.873696; -34.627588
Country Argentina
ProvinceTierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province
DepartmentAntártida Argentina
RegionConfin Coast
Coats Land
LocationBertrab Nunatak
EstablishedFebruary 5, 1979 (1979-02-05)
(1978–79 austral summer season)
Named forManuel Belgrano
Government
 • TypeDirectorate
 • BodyDirección Nacional del Antártico
 • OperatorInstituto Antártico Argentino
Area
 • Total6 ha (15 acres)
Elevation
[1]
256 m (840 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Summer
24
 • Winter
19
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
UN/LOCODEAQ BEL
TypeAll year-round
PeriodAnnual
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Solar radiation
  • Seismography
  • Geodesy
Facilities
List
  • Main house
  • Personnel houses
  • Emergency house/infirmary
  • Airstrip
  • Heliport
  • Chapel
  • Museum
  • Radio and satellite station
  • Power plant
  • Vehicle fleet
  • Vehicle garage
  • Laboratory (meteorology, astronomy, seismography, riometry)
  • Workshop
  • Warehouses and deposits

Belgrano II Base (Spanish: Base Belgrano II) is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after General Manuel Belgrano, one of the Libertadores and the creator of the Argentine Flag. It is located on Bertrab Nunatak on the Confín Coast, Coats Land.

As of 2022 it is Argentina's southernmost permanent base, the world's third furthest south permanent base, and the world's southernmost base built on solid rock, which makes it particularly suited for geological research.[2]

As of 2022 Belgrano II is one of 13 research stations in Antarctica operated by Argentina.[3]

  1. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Base Belgrano II" (in Spanish). Fundaciòn Marambio. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Argentine Antarctic Stations". Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.