Almirante Brown Antarctic Base
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Brown Station Estación Científica Almirante Brown Base Brown Estación Brown |
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| Brown Scientific Station | |
Brown in the austral summer of 2014
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 Brown Station
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| Coordinates: 64°53′43″S 62°52′15″W / 64.89528°S 62.87083°WCoordinates: 64°53′43″S 62°52′15″W / 64.89528°S 62.87083°W | |
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 Argentina
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| Province | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province |
| Department | Antártida Argentina |
| Region | Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula |
| Location | Sanavirón Peninsula, Paradise Harbor, Danco Coast |
| Founded | April 6, 1951 (1950–51 austral summer season) |
| Named for | William Brown |
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| • Type | Directorate |
| • Body | Dirección Nacional del Antártico |
| • Operator | Instituto Antártico Argentino |
| Area | 1.4 ha (3.5 acres) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
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| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
| Type | Summer-only |
| Status | Active and operational |
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Brown Station (Spanish: Estación Científica Almirante Brown, or more often Base Brown or Estación Brown) is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Admiral William Brown, the father of the Argentine Navy. It is located on Sanavirón Peninsula along Paradise Harbor, Danco Coast, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
As of 2014[update] Brown is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. From 1951 to 1984 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.
Brown Station dates to 6 April 1951, when Argentina established the Almirante Brown Naval Detachment at Paradise Harbor.
In January 1956, the Argentine Navy inaugurated the Refugio Naval Conscripto Ortiz ("Conscripto Ortiz Naval Refuge"). The detachment worked as a meteorological observatory and as a base for Antarctic campaigns until it was temporarily closed in 1960.
The Argentine Antarctic Institute took over the station in 1964–65, creating one of the most complete biology laboratories on the Antarctic Peninsula. It included a main house of 292 m2 (3,140 sq ft); two folding 30,000 l (6,600 imp gal; 7,900 US gal) fuel tanks; and an additional building exclusive for scientific research, equipped with three labs, photography workshop, emergency radio station, office and library. It was called Almirante Brown Research Station and inaugurated on 17 February 1965.
Brown Station's original facilities were burned down by the station's doctor on 12 April 1984. Station personnel was rescued by the ship USS Hero and taken to United States’s Palmer Station.
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