Bellingshausen Station

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Antarctic research station

Bellingshausen Station is a Russian Antarctic research base located on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Antarctic research station →
continent	Antarctica →
country	Russia →
establishedBy	Soviet Union →
formerCountry	Soviet Union →
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System →
hasAccess	by aircraft via nearby airfield → by ship →
hasClimate	polar climate →
hasFacility	communications equipment → power generation units → research laboratories → residential buildings →
hasPopulationType	scientific personnel → technical staff →
hasResearchField	atmospheric sciences → climatology → ecology → ionospheric studies → magnetometry → oceanography → seismology →
inception	1968 →
languageUsed	Russian →
locatedIn	Antarctic Peninsula region → South Shetland Islands → Southern Ocean →
locatedNear	Chilean Frei Station → Chilean Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport → Chinese Great Wall Station → Korean King Sejong Station → Uruguayan Artigas Base →
locatedOn	Fildes Peninsula → King George Island →
namedAfter	Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen →
operator	Russian Antarctic Expedition →
partOf	Russian Antarctic research program →
seasonalVariation	larger population in summer → smaller overwintering crew →
status	permanently inhabited →
timezone	UTC−03:00 →
usedFor	biological research → environmental monitoring → geophysical research → glaciological research → meteorological observations → scientific research →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antarctic Peninsula → Fildes Peninsula →	hasResearchStation
King George Island → King George Island ("Machado / Admiralty Bay field stations (seasonal)") →	hasSettlement
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome → Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport →	near
Great Wall Station →	hasNearbyStation
Artigas Base →	nearbyBase
Bellingshausen Station ("Russian Antarctic research program") →	partOf