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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Orcadas Base	6
Orcadas Station canonical	3

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ