Artigas Base
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: research station in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Artigas Base (Uruguay)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Collins and Fildes Peninsula.
Collins
Dwelling
The Collins base is an Antarctic shelter located in the Collins Glacier that is in the Collins Bay in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. It was inaugurated at the 2006–2007 season and is administrated by the Instituto Antártico Chileno. Collins is situated 1 km northeast of Artigas Base.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s. Fildes Peninsula is situated 3 km northwest of Artigas Base.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic. Profound Lake is situated 3 km southwest of Artigas Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 6 km southwest of Artigas Base.
Artigas Base
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Artigas Base” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Base Artigas”
- Catalan: “Base Científica Antàrtica Artigas”
- Cebuano: “Artigas Base”
- Chinese: “阿蒂加斯站”
- Croatian: “Istraživačka baza Artigas”
- Dutch: “Artigas Basis”
- Dutch: “Artigas-basis”
- French: “Base antarctique General Artigas”
- French: “base Artigas”
- French: “Base Artigas”
- German: “Artigas-Station”
- German: “Base Científica Antártica Artigas”
- Italian: “Base Artigas”
- Latvian: “Artigasa”
- Macedonian: “База „Артигас“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Artigas (forskningsstasjon)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Artigas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Base Artigas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Artigas-basen”
- Norwegian: “Artigas-basen (Uruguay)”
- Norwegian: “Artigas-basen”
- Norwegian: “Artigas”
- Polish: “Artigas”
- Russian: “Артигас”
- Spanish: “Base Antartica General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Antártica General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas (Antartida)”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas (Antártida)”
- Spanish: “Base Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base cientifica antartica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Cientifica Antartica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base cientifica antártica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Cientifica Antártica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base científica antartica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Científica Antartica Artigas”
- Spanish: “Base científica antártica artigas”
- Spanish: “Base Científica Antártica Artigas”
- Spanish: “BCAA”
- Swedish: “Artigas”
- Ukrainian: “Артігас”
- Ukrainian: “Артіґас”
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