Yelcho Base
Yelcho Station | |
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Location of Yelcho Station in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 64°52′33″S 63°35′01″W / 64.87591°S 63.583721°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Location in Antarctica | South Bay Doumer Island Antarctica |
| Administered by | Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH) |
| Established | 18 February 1962 |
| Named after | Yelcho (1906) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Summer | 28 |
| • Winter | 0 |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Website | Base Yelcho (INACH) |
Yelcho Base is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the shore of the South Bay, Doumer Island.
The station was built in 1962 by the Chilean Army and was given to the INACH in 1980. It was abandoned between 1998 and 2014, and was reopened in 2015.
After its last remodeling it went from being a small "sub-base", a scientific shelter of 50 m2 built, to have a built area of 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), with its own laboratories and an increase in accommodation capacity, from its original 7 beds, until completing space for up to 28 people.