Svea Research Station

Svea Station
Svea field station in 2001
Svea field station in 2001
Location of Svea Station in Antarctica
Location of Svea Station in Antarctica
Svea Station
Location of Svea Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 74°35′00″S 11°13′00″W / 74.583333°S 11.216667°W / -74.583333; -11.216667
Country Sweden
Location in AntarcticaHeimefront Range
Queen Maud Land
Administered bySwedish Polar Research Secretariat
Established1987 (1987)
Population
 • Summer
5
 • Winter
0
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Geodesy
  • Seismology
FacilitiesTwo fiberglass modules
WebsiteSwedish Polar Research Secretariat

The Svea Research Station is a Swedish research facility in Antarctica, established in 1987/1988.

Svea is located in the Scharffenbergbotnen valley in the Heimefrontfjella mountain range, about 400 km from the coast. It is a satellite station to the Wasa Research Station, and is used by small, transient research teams performing fieldwork in the area.

The station is currently the home base for two permanent monitoring projects: continual geodetic measurement using GPS technology, run by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a seismograph that records movements in the Earth's crust, run by the German Alfred Wegener Institute.