East Base

East Base on Stonington Island is the oldest American research station in Antarctica, having been commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. The station was built as part of two US wintering expeditions – United States Antarctic Service Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anemometer Hill and Stonington Island.

Anemometer Hill

Peak

Anemometer Hill is a hill 25 metres high northeast of Fishtrap Cove on Stonington Island, in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the East Base party of the U.S.

Stonington Island

Islet

Photo: Mark Sykes, CC BY 2.0.

Stonington Island is a rocky island lying 1.8 kilometres northeast of Neny Island in the eastern part of Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

Mast Hill

Peak

Mast Hill is a hill 14 metres high about 100 meters from the western end of Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

East Base

Type: Locality
Description: oldest American research station in Antarctica, located on Stonington Island
Categories: Antarctic research station, tourism, ruins, tourist attraction, and historic site
Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-68.18385° or 68° 11′ 2″ south

Longitude

-66.99797° or 66° 59′ 53″ west

Inception

1939

Open location code

373MR282+FR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2418868789

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q15220191

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“East Base” goes by many names.

French: “Base Est”
French: “East Base”
Italian: “Base Est”
Latvian: “Īstbeisa”
Macedonian: “Источна база (Антартик)”
Macedonian: “Источна База”
Spanish: “Base Este”

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