Esperanza Base

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Esperanza Base Base Esperanza
All year Antarctic base with civilian presence
View of Esperanza Base, January 2016
Emblem
Motto(s):  Spanish: Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio ("Permanence, an act of sacrifice")
Esperanza Base Location of Esperanza Base in Antarctica
Coordinates: 63°23′54″S 56°59′46″W / 63.3983333°S 56.9961111°W / -63.3983333; -56.9961111
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 for	Spanish: Base Esperanza ("Hope Base")
Area
• Urban [a]	0.3744 ha (0.9252 acres)
Elevation [1]	25 m (82 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Summer	116
• Winter	56
UN/LOCODE	AQ ESP
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	List Limnology Glaciology Seismology Oceanography Geology

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 in Antarctica (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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