Julio Ripamonti
Julio Ripamonti Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on Ardley Island in the South Shetland Islands. The base is located 50 meters above sea level, on a solid rock surface, 100 meters from the sea.- Type: Dwelling
- Description: Antarctic base
- Also known as: “Julio Ripamonti Base” and “Refuge Julio Ripamonti”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Diomedea Island and Geologists Island.
Diomedea Island
Islet
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diomedea Island is a small island lying in Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The Soviet Antarctic Expedition called the feature "Ostrov Al'batros" or "Albatross Island" in 1968, but the English form duplicates a name in the Bay of Isles.
Geologists Island
Islet
Geologists Island is an island, 0.5 kilometres long, lying south of Ardley Island in the entrance of Hydrographers Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Antarctic Treaty Monument
Memorial
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Antarctic Treaty commemorates the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which was opened for signing in 1959 and came into force in 1961. Antarctic Treaty Monument is situated 1½ km northwest of Julio Ripamonti.
Julio Ripamonti
- Categories: Antarctic research station, research, office, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-62.21001° or 62° 12′ 36″ southLongitude
-58.93555° or 58° 56′ 8″ westPopulation
4Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Inception
January 1982Operator
Instituto Antártico ChilenoOpen location code
3893Q3Q7+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2418868697OpenStreetMap feature
office=researchOpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Julio Ripamonti” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “胡里奥里帕蒙蒂避难所”
- French: “base Julio Ripamonti”
- French: “Base Julio Ripamonti”
- Latvian: “Hulioripamonti”
- Polish: “Ripamonti”
- Spanish: “Base Julio Ripamonti”
- Spanish: “Refugio Julio Ripamonti”
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