Scott Base

Scott Base
Aerial photograph of Scott Base, looking towards Observation Hill at left.
Aerial photograph of Scott Base, looking towards Observation Hill at left.
Location of Scott Base in Antarctica
Location of Scott Base in Antarctica
Scott Base
Location of Scott Base in Antarctica
Coordinates: 77°50′57″S 166°46′06″E / 77.849132°S 166.768196°E / -77.849132; 166.768196
Country New Zealand
Location in AntarcticaRoss Island
Ross Dependency
Antarctica
Administered byAntarctica New Zealand
Established20 January 1957; 67 years ago (1957-01-20)
Named forCaptain Robert Falcon Scott, RN
Elevation10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Summer
78
 • Winter
11
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDST)
UN/LOCODEAQ SBA
TypeAll year-round
PeriodAnnual
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Climatology
  • Geocryology
  • Paleoclimatology
  • Sedimetology
  • Geomorphology
  • Paleolimnology
Websiteantarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base

Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica. The base was set up as support to field research and the centre for research into earth sciences, and now conducts research in many fields, operated by Antarctica New Zealand.

The base is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the larger U.S. McMurdo Station via Willy Field road, the main road to Williams Field.

  1. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.