Carlini Base

Carlini Station
    Ex Jubany[A]
Antarctic base
Base Carlini
Carlini with mount Tres Hermanos in the background
Carlini with mount Tres Hermanos
(English: Three Brothers) in the background
Location of Carlini Station in Antarctica
Location of Carlini Station in Antarctica
Carlini Station
Location of Carlini Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°14′18″S 58°40′04″W / 62.238251°S 58.667764°W / -62.238251; -58.667764
Country Argentina
ProvinceTierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province
DepartmentAntártida Argentina
RegionSouth Shetland Islands
LocationPotter Cove
King George Island
Antarctica
EstablishedNovember 21, 1953 (1953-11-21)
(1953–54 austral summer season)
Named forAlejandro Ricardo Carlini
Government
[B]
 • TypeDirectorate
 • BodyArgentine National Antarctic Directorate
Elevation
[1]
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Summer
80
 • Winter
29
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
UN/LOCODEAQ JUB
TypeAll year-round
PeriodAnnual
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Seismography
  • Biology
  • Oceanography
Facilities
List
  • Main house
  • Heliport
  • Emergency house
  • Technical staff houses
  • General personnel houses
  • Infirmary
  • Radio station
  • Main and auxiliary power plants
  • Vehicle fleet
  • Vehicle garage
  • Workshop
  • Laboratories (2: meteorology, seismography, biology, oceanography)
  • Geodetic GPS receiver station
  • Seismography station
  • Warehouse and deposits
  • Freezing chamber
  • Waste treatment station
  • Various multiple use buildings
  • Movie theater

Carlini Base (Spanish: Base Carlini), formerly known as Jubany Base,[2] is an Argentine permanent base and scientific research station named after scientist Alejandro Ricardo Carlini (previously it had been named after Argentine naval pilot José Isidro Jubany).[2] It is located on Potter Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

As of 2014, Carlini is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina.[3]


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  1. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Dias, Gisele Sousa (6 March 2012). "Por primera vez, una base antártica argentina tendrá el nombre de un científico". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Argentine Antarctic Stations". Dirección Nacional del Antártico – Argentina. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.