Esperanza Base
Esperanza Base
Base Esperanza | |
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All year Antarctic base with civilian presence | |
View of Esperanza Base, January 2016 | |
| Motto(s): Spanish: Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio ("Permanence, an act of sacrifice") | |
Location of Esperanza Base in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 63°23′54″S 56°59′46″W / 63.3983333°S 56.9961111°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | |
| Location | |
| Administered by | Argentine Antarctic Institute (under the supervision of the Argentine National Antarctic Directorate) |
| Established | December 17, 1953 |
| Named after | Spanish: Base Esperanza ("Hope Base") |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 0.3744 ha (0.9252 acres) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Summer | 116 |
| • Winter | 56 |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ ESP |
| Type | All-year round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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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').