Ellsworth Station

Ellsworth Station
Estación científica Ellsworth
Base Ellsworth (until 1959)
Antarctic research station
UC-1 Otter of VXE-6 in flight near Ellsworth Station, Antarctica in 1958
A U.S. Navy de Havilland Canada UC-1 Otter of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) in flight over a large open crevasse near the station in 1958
Ellsworth Station is located in Antarctica
Ellsworth Station
Ellsworth Station
Last location in Antarctica
Coordinates: 77°43′00″S 41°02′00″W / 77.7167°S 41.0333°W / -77.7167; -41.0333[1]
RegionFilchner–Ronne Ice Shelf
LocationNear Gould Bay
Established11 February 1957 (1957-02-11)
Transferred17 January 1959
Removed30 December 1962 (1962-12-30)
Named forLincoln Ellsworth
Government
 • TypeAdministration
 • BodyInstituto Antártico Argentino
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Population
 • Summer
40
 • Winter
40
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
Active timesAll year-round
Activities
List
  • Meteorology
  • Astronomy
  • Seismography
  • Riometry
Facilities
List
  • Main house
  • Personnel houses
  • Airstrip
  • Radio station
  • Power plant
  • Laboratory
  • Deposits

Ellsworth Scientific Station (Spanish: Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply Estación Ellsworth or Base Ellsworth) was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. It was located on Gould Bay, on the Filchner Ice Shelf.

It was shut down in 1962 over safety concerns due to it being built on increasingly unstable ice, which produced fast deterioration of its superstructures and endangered both personnel and equipment.[2]

  1. ^ "Ellsworth /Arg./". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Campaña Antártica 1962–1963" (in Spanish). Sitio no oficial del rompehielos A.R.A. Almirante Irízar. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009.