Yelcho Base
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island. The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Scientific research base
- Description: Antarctic Station
- Also known as: “Sub base Yelcho”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stokes Hill and Doumer Hill.
Stokes Hill
Peak
Stokes Hill is a small but prominent rocky peak, 270 m, lying 1 nautical mile southeast of Doumer Hill on Doumer Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903–05. Stokes Hill is situated 2½ km northeast of Yelcho Base.
Doumer Hill
Peak
Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramidal hill, 515 metres high, forming the summit of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named in 1958 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with Doumer Island. Doumer Hill is situated 3 km northeast of Yelcho Base.
Yelcho Base
- Category: Antarctic research station
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Yelcho Base” goes by many names.
- French: “Base Yelcho”
- Irish: “Bunáit Yelcho”
- Italian: “Base Yelcho”
- Italian: “Yelcho Base”
- Latvian: “Jelčo”
- Latvian: “Sub Base Yelcho”
- Latvian: “Yelcho”
- Macedonian: “База Јелчо (Атартик)”
- Macedonian: “База Јелчо”
- Polish: “Yelcho”
- Spanish: “Base yelcho”
- Spanish: “Base Yelcho”
- Spanish: “Sub Base Yelcho”
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