Neumayer Station III
Neumayer III Station | |
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Neumayer III Station in December 2009 | |
| Coordinates: 70°40′28″S 8°16′27″W / 70.674444°S 8.274167°W | |
| Country | Germany |
| Location in Antarctica | Ekström Ice Shelf Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
| Administered by | Alfred Wegener Institute |
| Established | 20 February 2009 |
| Named after | Georg von Neumayer |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Summer | 60 |
| • Winter | 9 |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ NEU |
| Type | All-year round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Website | AWI |
Neumayer III Skiway | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Neumayer Station III | ||||||||||
| Location | Ekström Ice Shelf | ||||||||||
| Time zone | (-1) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°38′00″S 8°15′48″W / 70.633333°S 8.263333°W | ||||||||||
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Neumayer Station III, also known as Neumayer III after geophysicist Georg von Neumayer, is a German Antarctic research station of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI). It is located on the approximately 200 metres (660 ft) thick Ekström Ice Shelf several kilometres south of Neumayer Station II. The station's assembly kit was transported to its current position early in November 2007. It is moving with the shelf ice at about 157 meters (515 ft) per year towards the open sea.
After almost ten years of work on the project, beginning in October 1999, including conception, environmental impact assessment, planning and construction phases, regular operation of the station began on 20 February 2009. The station replaced the former Neumayer Station II and the Georg von Neumayer Station that preceded it. The expected lifespan of the station is 25 to 30 years and the entire project is estimated to cost €39 million.