Automatic Weather Stations - 2024
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Antarctic Peninsula Stations (2024):
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Gabriel González Videla AWSFormer Name: González Videla BaseOwner: Chile Site Code: GGV Initial Start Date: 2023-01-01 Installed: 2023-01-01 Latitude: -64.824015 S Longitude: -62.857779 W Elevation: 6 meters AWS Model: Notes: This base is an inactive research station on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. It is named after Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica. The station was active from 1951–58, and was reopened briefly in the early 1980s. Occasional summer visits are made by Chilean parties and tourists. |