Esperanza Base

Also known as Esperanza Station

Argentine research station in Antarctica

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Country: Argentina
Region: Graham Land Antarctic Peninsula
Location: Hope Bay Trinity Peninsula
Administered by: Argentine Antarctic Institute (under the supervision of the Argentine National Antarctic Directorate )
Established: December 17, 1953 ( 1953-12-17 )
Named after: Spanish : Base Esperanza , ("Hope Base")
Urban: 0.3744 ha (0.925 acres)
Elevation: 25 m (82 ft)
Un locode: AQ ESP
Type: All-year round
Period: Annual
Status: Operational
Activities: List Limnology Glaciology Seismology Oceanography Geology

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Elevation: 10
Image: Hope Bay-2016-Trinity Peninsula–Esperanza Station 02.jpg

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Commons category: Esperanza Station
inception: 1953-00-00
described at URL: www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/zakladna-esperanza

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Esperanza Base (Spanish: Base Esperanza, 'Hope Base') is a permanent, all-year-round Argentine research station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula (in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula). It is the only civilian settlement on the Antarctic mainland (the Chilean Villa Las Estrellas is on the South Shetland Islands). The base's motto is Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio ('Permanence, an act of sacrifice').

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