Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme

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Antarctic research station military base

Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme is a Chilean Antarctic research and military station that serves as one of Chile’s primary permanent outposts on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Antarctic research station → military base →
continent	Antarctica →
country	Chile →
establishedBy	Chile →
function	logistics support → military presence → scientific research →
governedBy	Antarctic Treaty System →
hasAlternativeName	Base O’Higgins → O’Higgins Station →
hasClimate	polar climate →
hasInfrastructure	communications facilities → military facilities → research laboratories → residential buildings →
hasPurpose	support Chilean sovereignty in Antarctica →
hasSeasonalPopulation	summer → winter →
inception	1948 →
locatedIn	Graham Land → Northern Antarctic Peninsula → Trinity Peninsula →
locatedNear	Larsen Ice Shelf → Weddell Sea →
locatedOn	Antarctic Peninsula →
militaryBranch	Ejército de Chile →
namedAfter	Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme →
operator	Chilean Army →
partOf	Chilean Antarctic Territory → Chilean Antarctic program →
primaryUse	Antarctic research → support of Chilean Antarctic claim →
significance	one of Chile’s main permanent Antarctic bases →
status	permanent station →
timezone	Chile Standard Time →
usedFor	environmental monitoring → geophysical research → glaciological research → meteorological observations →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chilean Antarctic Territory →	containsResearchStation
Greenwich Island ("Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme (historical use in vicinity)") →	hasResearchStation
Trinity Peninsula ("Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme") →	hasSettlement