Brown Station

Brown Station
Estación Científica Almirante Brown
Base Brown
Estación Brown
Antarctic base
Brown Scientific Station
Brown in the austral summer of 2014
Brown in the austral summer of 2014
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Brown Station
Location within Antarctic Peninsula
Coordinates: 64°53′44″S 62°52′15″W / 64.895476°S 62.870905°W / -64.895476; -62.870905
Country Argentina
ProvinceTierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province
DepartmentAntártida Argentina
RegionGraham Land
Antarctic Peninsula
LocationSanavirón Peninsula
Paradise Harbor
Danco Coast
EstablishedApril 6, 1951 (1951-04-06)
(1950–51 austral summer season)
Named forWilliam Brown
Government
 • TypeDirectorate
 • BodyDirección Nacional del Antártico
 • OperatorInstituto Antártico Argentino
Area
 • Total1.4 ha (3.5 acres)
Elevation22 m (72 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Summer
12
 • Winter
0
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Biology
  • Bacteriology
  • Limnology
  • Oceanography
Facilities
List
  • Main house
  • Radio station
  • Power plant
  • Warehouse and deposits
Map of Gerlache Strait region, Cartographic base: Antarctic Digital Database www.add.scar.org/

Brown Station (Spanish: Estación Científica Almirante Brown, or more often Base Brown or Estación Brown) is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Admiral William Brown, the father of the Argentine Navy. It is located on Sanavirón Peninsula along Paradise Harbor, Danco Coast, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

As of 2014 Brown is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina.[2] From 1951 to 1984 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.[3]

  1. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Argentine Antarctic Stations". Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Base Brown" (in Spanish). Fundaciòn Marambio. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014.