Belgrano II Base

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Belgrano II Base is an Argentine research station in Antarctica that supports year-round scientific and logistical operations in one of the continent’s southernmost regions.

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Surface form Occurrences
Belgrano I Base 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research station
Argentine Antarctic base
climate polar ice-cap climate
continent Antarctica
country Argentina
environment ice shelf
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System
hasFeature accommodation modules
communications facilities
logistics depot
meteorological observatory
power generation plant
hasInfrastructure fuel storage facilities
snow and ice tunnels
vehicle garages
hasPurpose conduct scientific observations in high-latitude region
provide logistics for field campaigns
support Argentine presence in Antarctica
hasRisk blizzards
extreme cold
ice shelf movement
hasSeasonalVariation population size
isAmong southernmost permanent research stations in Antarctica
isPermanent true
isYearRound true
location Coats Land
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
surface form: Filchner Ice Shelf
namedAfter Manuel Belgrano
operator Argentine Army
partOfProgram Dirección Nacional del Antártico
surface form: Argentine Antarctic Program
primaryLanguage Spanish
region southern Weddell Sea sector
researchField atmospheric sciences
geophysics
glaciology
meteorology
space weather monitoring
successorOf Belgrano II Base self-linksurface differs
surface form: Belgrano I Base
supplyMethod air transport
over-ice traverse
supportsActivity logistical operations
scientific research
usesTimeZone UTC-3

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Argentine Antarctica permanentBase Belgrano II Base
Belgrano II Base successorOf Belgrano II Base self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Belgrano I Base