Cámara Base
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Cámara Base Base Cámara Estación Cámara |
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Cámara Base overview
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 Cámara Base
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| Coordinates: 62°35′41″S 59°55′07″W / 62.594847°S 59.918558°WCoordinates: 62°35′41″S 59°55′07″W / 62.594847°S 59.918558°W | |
| Country |
 Argentina
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| Province | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands Province |
| Department | Antártida Argentina |
| Region | South Shetland Islands |
| Location |
Menguante Cove Half Moon Island |
| Founded | April 1, 1953 (1952–53 austral summer season) |
| Named for | Juan Ramón Cámara |
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| • Type | Directorate |
| • Body | Dirección Nacional del Antártico |
| • Operator | Instituto Antártico Argentino |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
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| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
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 Cámara Lighthouse
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| Location | Cámara Half Moon Island South Shetland Islands Antarctica |
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| Coordinates | 62°14′24″S 58°40′44″W / 62.240028°S 58.67875°W |
| Year first constructed | n/a |
| Construction | fiber glass tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and light |
| Markings / pattern | black tower with yellow horizontal bands |
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Focal height | 18 metres (59 ft) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
| Admiralty number | G1387.6 |
| NGA number | 2724 |
| Managing agent | Monte Instituto Antártico Argentino, Instituto Antártico Argentino 
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Cámara Base (Spanish: Base Cámara or sometimes Estación Cámara or Teniente Camara) is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Frigate Lieutenant Naval Aviator Juan Ramón Cámara. It is located in the northern foothills of La Morenita Hill, at Menguante Cove in Half Moon Island off the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
As of 2014[update] Cámara is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. From 1953 to 1988 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.
During the austral summer campaign of 1952–1953 one of the main missions of the Argentine Antarctic Task Force, then commanded by then Ship-of-the-Line Captain Rodolfo N. Panzarini, was to establish a new naval detachment in the South Shetland Islands.
The selected place was the small Half Moon Island next to Livingston Island, where it was inaugurated as Destacamento Naval Luna ("Luna Naval Detachment") on 1 April 1953 by the governor of Tierra del Fuego National Territory, Rear Admiral Carlos Suárez Dóriga.
Later it was renamed as Destacamento Naval Teniente de Fragata Cámara ("Frigate Lieutenant Cámara Naval Detachment"), in memory of the naval aviator Juan Ramón Cámara, who on 16 January 1955 perished in an on-duty accident on Potter Cove, King George Island.
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