Ellsworth Station
Ellsworth Scientific Station (Spanish: Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply Estación Ellsworth or Base Ellsworth) was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. It was located on Gould Bay, on the Filchner Ice Shelf.
Ellsworth Station
Estación científica Ellsworth Base Ellsworth (until 1959) | |
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Antarctic research station | |
A U.S. Navy de Havilland Canada UC-1 Otter of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) in flight over a large open crevasse near the station in 1958 | |
Ellsworth Station Last location in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 77°43′00″S 41°02′00″W | |
| Region | Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf |
| Location | Near Gould Bay |
| Established | 11 February 1957 |
| Transferred | 17 January 1959 |
| Removed | 30 December 1962 |
| Named for | Lincoln Ellsworth |
| Government | |
| • Type | Administration |
| • Body | Instituto Antártico Argentino |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Summer | 40 |
| • Winter | 40 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| Active times | All year-round |
| Activities | List
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| Facilities | List
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It was shut down in 1962 over safety concerns due to it being built on increasingly unstable ice, which produced fast deterioration of its superstructures and endangered both personnel and equipment.
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