Neumayer Station II

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Neumayer Station II Neumayer-Station II
Antarctic research station
The station in 2008
Neumayer Station II Location in Antarctica
Coordinates: 70°38′24″S 8°15′43″W / 70.6400°S 8.2619°W / -70.6400; -8.2619
Region	Queen Maud Land
Location	Near Atka Iceport
Established	March 1992 (1992-03)
Closed	20 February 2009 (2009-02-20)
Named for	Georg von Neumayer
Government
• Type	Administration
• Body	AWI, Germany
UN/LOCODE	AQ NEU
Active times	All year-round
Website	awi.de

Neumayer Station or Neumayer Station II was a permanent German Antarctic research base on Atka Bay. It opened in 1992, replacing the old Georg von Neumayer Station.

The station became increasingly deformed by snow and ice movements after 2007 and was therefore uninhabitable. On February 20, 2009, it was handed over to South Africa and replaced by the new permanent research base Neumayer Station III. At the time, the station was moving with the shelf ice at about 200 meters per year towards the open sea. The South African National Antarctic Programme dismantled the station in 2009 and built a new Emergency Base (E-Base) at the same location.

Georg von Neumayer Station Georg-von-Neumayer-Station
Antarctic research station
Coordinates: 70°36′00″S 8°22′00″W / 70.6000°S 8.3667°W / -70.6000; -8.3667 (Georg von Neumayer Station)
Region	Queen Maud Land
Location	Near Atka Iceport
Established	28 January 1981 (1981-01-28)
Closed	23 February 1993 (1993-02-23)
Named for	Georg von Neumayer
Government
• Type	Administration
• Body	AWI, Germany
Active times	All year-round