Villa Las Estrellas

Villa Las Estrellas
Village
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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 / -62.200417; -58.965278
Country Chile
Region Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
ProvinceAntártica Chilena
CommuneAntártica
LocationKing George Island
Inauguration9 April 1984[1]
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MagistrateResponsibility of Puerto Williams Mayor and de facto Base Commander
 • Municipal CouncilResponsibility of Puerto Williams Council
Elevation10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Summer
150
 • Winter
80
Time zoneUTC−3 (CLST)
UN/LOCODEAQ ESC
ActivitiesMeteorology
Villa Las Estrellas in 2011.
Villa Las Estrellas. Night view.
Chilean Post office in Villa Las Estrellas.
Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace.

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]

  1. ^ "Villa Las Estrellas - Newsletter N°23" (PDF). Fundación Valle Hermoso. April 2021. p. 12. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Anthropologies and futures: researching emerging and uncertain worlds. London New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. pp. 157–158. ISBN 9781474264877. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ (in Spanish) Villa Las Estrellas