Orcadas Station

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Antarctic research station Argentine Antarctic base

Orcadas Station is an Argentine Antarctic research base located in the South Orkney Islands, known for being one of the oldest continuously operated stations in Antarctica.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Orcadas Base 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research station ⓘ
Argentine Antarctic base ⓘ
administeredBy Dirección Nacional del Antártico ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
expeditionLeaderAtFounding William Speirs Bruce ⓘ
formerOperator United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
governingTreaty Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasFacility accommodation buildings ⓘ
communications equipment ⓘ
laboratories ⓘ
meteorological observatory ⓘ
power generation plant ⓘ
hasHeritage historic Antarctic station ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Scotia Sea ⓘ
Weddell Sea ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Coronation Island ⓘ
Signy Island ⓘ
inception 1904 ⓘ
inhabited yes ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Orkney Islands ⓘ
locatedOn Laurie Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter South Orkney Islands ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest continuously operated stations in Antarctica ⓘ
long-term geophysical observations ⓘ
long-term meteorological observations ⓘ
operator Argentine Antarctic Institute ⓘ
originalName Omond House ⓘ
partOf Argentine Antarctica ⓘ
surface form: Argentine Antarctic Sector
permanentPopulation scientific and technical staff ⓘ
previousUse Scottish National Antarctic Expedition base ⓘ
researchField biology ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
seasonalVariation population varies between winter and summer ⓘ
sovereignClaimant Argentina ⓘ
startDateAsArgentineBase 1904 ⓘ
statusUnderAntarcticTreaty scientific research station ⓘ
supplyMethod by sea ⓘ
timeZone UTC−03:00 ⓘ
transferOfControlToArgentina 1904 ⓘ
yearEstablished 1904 ⓘ

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Argentine Antarctica → firstPermanentBase → Orcadas Station ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orcadas Base
South Orkney Islands → hasResearchStation → Orcadas Station ⓘ
Argentine Antarctica → permanentBase → Orcadas Station ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orcadas Base