Great Wall Station

E22635

Antarctic research station

Great Wall Station is a Chinese Antarctic research base located on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Antarctic research station →
constructionStartDate	1984-10-20 →
continent	Antarctica →
country	China →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	10 →
environmentalProtocol	Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty →
firstChineseAntarcticStation	true →
governingTreaty	Antarctic Treaty System →
hasClimate	maritime Antarctic climate →
hasCommunication	satellite link to mainland China →
hasFacility	accommodation buildings → helicopter landing area → laboratories → logistics warehouses → power station → satellite communication station →
hasNearbyStation	Artigas Base → Bellingshausen Station → Comandante Ferraz Station → Escudero Station → King Sejong Station →
hasPowerSource	diesel generators →
hasTransportAccess	aircraft via nearby airstrips → ice-strengthened supply ship →
inaugurationDate	1985-02-20 →
locatedIn	Fildes Peninsula → South Shetland Islands →
locatedOn	King George Island →
namedAfter	Great Wall of China →
operator	Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration →
partOfProgram	Chinese Antarctic Program →
primaryLanguage	Chinese →
region	West Antarctica →
researchField	environmental science → geology → geophysics → glaciology → marine biology → meteorology → upper atmospheric physics →
runBy	Polar Research Institute of China →
seaNearby	Bransfield Strait → Drake Passage →
status	permanently occupied →
summerPopulation	60 →
timeZone	UTC+08:00 →
winterPopulation	14 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antarctic Peninsula → Fildes Peninsula →	hasResearchStation
King George Island →	hasSettlement
Bellingshausen Station ("Chinese Great Wall Station") →	locatedNear
Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Aerodrome →	near