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Marambio Base

This article is about the Antarctic station. For other uses, see Marambio (disambiguation).
Marambio Station
Estación Marambio
Antarctic Station
Airfield control tower at Marambio
Airfield control tower at Marambio
Nickname: 
Spanish: Puerta de Entrada a la Antártida ("Antarctica's Entrance Door")
Location within Antarctica
Location within Antarctica
Marambio Station
Location within Antarctica
Coordinates: 64°14′28″S 56°37′36″W / 64.241014°S 56.626753°W / -64.241014; -56.626753
Country Argentina
ProvinceTierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province
DepartmentAntártida Argentina
RegionGraham Land
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
LocationMarambio Island
Founded29 October 1969
(1969–70 austral summer season)
Named forGustavo Argentino Marambio
Government
 • TypeDirectorate
 • BodyDirección Nacional del Antártico
 • OperatorInstituto Antártico Argentino
Area
[1]
 • Indoors2 ha (5 acres)
Elevation
[2]
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Summer
165
 • Winter
70
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
UN/LOCODEAQ MRB
TypeAll year-round
PeriodAnnual
StatusActive and operational
Activities
List
  • Paleontology
  • Stratigraphy
  • Sedimentology
  • Cryology
  • Geodosy
Facilities
List
  • Main hall
  • Dining hall
  • Recreation hall
  • Emergency house
  • Personnel houses
  • Airport
  • Airline passenger terminal
  • Aircraft parking platform
  • Flight deck
  • Flight ground support
  • Library
  • Mail office
  • Gym
  • Chapel
  • Hospital
  • Laundry
  • Kitchen
  • Snow melter
  • Radio and satellite station
  • Main and auxiliary power plants
  • Towing vehicles fleet
  • Personnel and cargo vehicles fleet
  • Road keeping machines fleet
  • Vehicle garage
  • Workshop (mechanical, carpentry, plumbing, blacksmithing, electricity, turning)
  • Laboratory (meteorology, riometry, paleontology, geology, glaciology, geodesy)
  • Freezing chamber (2)
  • Fuel storage array
  • Warehouses and deposits
  • Potable water and sewerage network
  • Waste treatment plant
  • Firefighting system
  • CATV
  • Mobile telephone coverage
Websitemarambio.aq

Marambio Station (Spanish: Estación Marambio) is a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctica station named after Vice-Commodore Gustavo Argentino Marambio [es], an Antarctic aviation pioneer. It is located in Marambio Island, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, some 100 km (60 mi) from the coastal civilian village of Esperanza.

At the time of its construction it was the first airfield in Antarctica and is still one of the most frequently used ones due to its suitability for wheeled landing, for which it is called "Antarctica's Entrance Door" (Spanish: Puerta de Entrada a la Antártida).[3] It is also Argentina's most important station in the continent.[3]

As of 2014, Marambio is one of 13 research stations in Antarctica operated by Argentina.[4]

  1. ^ "Estación Antártica Marambio" (in Spanish). Fundación Marambio. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Misión y Organización – Organismos y Unidades – Station Marambio" (in Spanish). Argentine Air Force. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Argentine Antarctic Stations". Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
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