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J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station
Česká vědecká stanice Johanna Gregora Mendela | |
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| Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic station | |
  J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station Location of Mendel Station in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 63°48′02″S 57°52′56″W / 63.800623°S 57.882178°W | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Location in Antarctica | James Ross Island Graham Land Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica |
| Administered by | Masaryk University |
| Established | 22 February 2007 |
| Named for | Gregor Mendel |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Summer | 20 |
| • Winter | 0 |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Website | Polar Research at Masaryk University |
J.G. Mendel Czech Antarctic Station (Czech: Česká vědecká stanice Johanna Gregora Mendela) is a Czech research station in Antarctica on the coast of James Ross Island. It was founded by a Czech polar explorer Pavel Prošek. The official opening ceremony took place in February 2007 and made the Czech Republic the 26th country[2] to have its own scientific base on the continent. The station is the property of Masaryk University in Brno and was named after the father of modern genetics, the meteorologist Gregor Johann Mendel. Thanks to the research carried out at the station, the Czech Republic is one of the countries who have a voting right in the Antarctic Treaty System.
- ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Adámek, pp. 92–93