Vanda Station | |
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![]() The station in November 1975 | |
Coordinates: 77°31′00″S 161°40′00″E / 77.5167°S 161.6667°E | |
Region | Victoria Land |
Location | Near Lake Vanda |
Established | 9 January 1969 |
Closed | 1995 |
Government | |
• Type | Administration |
• Body | DSIR, New Zealand |
Population | |
• Summer | 8 |
• Winter | 5 |
Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDST) |
Active times | All year-round until 1974, every summer from 1976 |
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands (Victoria Land) of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. It operated from 1969 to 1995, and was west of New Zealand's Scott Base on Ross Island which remains in operation.