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Villa Las Estrellas | |
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Village | |
  Villa Las Estrellas Villa Las Estrellas within Antarctica (politically part of Chile) | |
| Coordinates: 62°12′02″S 58°57′55″W / 62.200417°S 58.965278°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Magallanes y Antártica Chilena |
| Province | Antártica Chilena |
| Commune | Antártica |
| Location | King George Island |
| Inauguration | 9 April 1984[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Magistrate | Responsibility of Puerto Williams Mayor and de facto Base Commander |
| • Municipal Council | Responsibility of Puerto Williams Council |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Summer | 150 |
| • Winter | 80 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ ESC |
| Activities | Meteorology |
Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village[3] or Hamlet of the Stars)[4] is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic Territory, and also within the Argentine and British Antarctic claims.
The Chilean government considers it to be in the commune of Antártica, in the province of Antártica Chilena, in the región of Magallanes and Chilean Antartica.
It is located on President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, a research station. It is the larger one of only two civilian settlements on Antarctica (the other being Argentina's Esperanza Base).[4] It has a summer population of 150 and a winter population of 80.[5]
- ^ "Villa Las Estrellas - Newsletter N°23" (PDF). Fundación Valle Hermoso. April 2021. p. 12. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Anthropologies and futures: researching emerging and uncertain worlds. London New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. pp. 157–158. ISBN 9781474264877. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
nytwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ (in Spanish) Villa Las Estrellas