Neumayer III Station | |
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 Neumayer III Station in December 2009 | |
  Neumayer III Station Location of Neumayer II Station in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 70°40′28″S 8°16′27″W / 70.674444°S 8.274167°W | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Location in Antarctica | Ekström Ice Shelf Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
| Administered by | Alfred Wegener Institute |
| Established | 20 February 2009 |
| Named for | Georg von Neumayer |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Summer | 60 |
| • Winter | 9 |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ NEU |
| Type | All-year round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Website | AWI |
Neumayer III Skiway | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Neumayer Station III | ||||||||||
| Location | Ekström Ice Shelf | ||||||||||
| Time zone | (-1) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°38′00″S 8°15′48″W / 70.633333°S 8.263333°W | ||||||||||
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  Neumayer III Skiway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
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Neumayer Station III, also known as Neumayer III after geophysicist Georg von Neumayer, is a German Antarctic research station of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut. It is located on the approximately 200 metres (660 ft) thick Ekström Ice Shelf several kilometres south of Neumayer Station II.[3] The station's assembly kit was transported to its current position early in November 2007. It is moving with the shelf ice at about 157 meters (515 ft) per year towards the open sea.[4]
After almost ten years of work on the project, beginning in October 1999, including conception, environmental impact assessment, planning and construction phases, regular operation of the station began on 20 February 2009. The station replaces the Neumayer Station II and the Georg von Neumayer Station that preceded it. The expected lifespan of the station is 25 to 30 years and the entire project is estimated to cost €39 million.[5]
- ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Neumayer". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ DB mobil, Ausgabe 11, 2008
- ^ Heilemann, Michael (February 14, 2009), "Auf Stelzen im Eis", Badische Zeitung
- ^ "Deutschlands neuer High-Tech-Bau in der Antarktis", Die Welt, February 19, 2009