Vechernyaya Base

Vechernyaya Base
Гара Вячэрняя
Location of Vechernyaya Base in Antarctica
Location of Vechernyaya Base in Antarctica
Vechernyaya Base
Location of Vechernyaya Base in Antarctica
Coordinates: 67°39′35″S 46°09′18″E / 67.659722°S 46.155°E / -67.659722; 46.155
CountryBelarus
EstablishedOctober 2015 (2015-10)
Elevation95 m (312 ft)
Population
 • Summer
7
 • Winter
0
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
Websitenasb.gov.by/eng/about/glavnaya/

Vechernyaya Base (Belarusian: Гара Вячэрняя) is a summer Belarusian Antarctic scientific research station located in the Vechernyaya Mountain area, on the coast of the Cosmonauts Sea, 28 km from the seasonal Russian Molodyozhnaya Station, built next to the preserved modules of a former annex of that station. It is administered by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB).[2]

  1. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Беларуская Антарктыда: далёка і дорага" [Belarusian Antarctica: far and expensive]. Radio Svaboda (in Belarusian). 2013-12-16.