Antarctic field camps
Introduction Many research stations in Antarctica support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than tents used to support short term activities. Field camps are used for many things, from logistics (Sky Blu) to dedicated scientific research (WAIS Divide Field Camp).
List of field camps  Field camp orRefuge name Location Country  Yearest. Activities  Type and Status  Servingbase  Coordinates  Time zone VII Brigada Aérea  Seymour Island    1978    Summer refugeClosed  Marambio     17 de Agosto  Millerand Island    1957    Summer refugeOpen  San Martín     A  Abrazo de Maipú  Trinity Peninsula    1967 Scientific activity  Summer refugeClosed 2010  Esperanza     Academia  Livingston Island    2004  Topographic survey   Summer campOpen  St. Kliment Ohridski    UTC−4 Ace Lake  Princess Elizabeth Land    2004  Research projects at Ace Lake  Summer refugeOpen  Davis     AGAP NorthField  Gamburtsev Mountain Range    2006  AGAP Project  Summer camp       AGAP SouthField  Gamburtsev Mountain Range    2006  AGAP Project  Summer camp       Albatros  King George Island    n/a    Summer refuge  Carlini     ALCI Airbase  Queen Maud Land    2001  Airfield Camp  Summer campOpen  MaitriNovolazarevskaya     Amundsen  Amundsen Glacier    1963   Summer campClosed 1964        Antonio Moro  Tabarin Peninsula    1955    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     Arcondo  Arcondo Nunatak    1963   Summer refugeLost       Asgard  Asgard Range    1969    Closed 1990Removed       B  Balduino Rambo  King George Island    1985    Summer refugeDismantled2004 Ferraz     Ballvé  Ardley Island    1953  Paleomagnetism   Summer refugeOpen      UTC-3 Bandits  Tryne Fjord    1983  Seal research  Summer refugeOpen  Davis     Beacon Valley   Beacon Valley    2004  Project oldest Ice  Summer camp        Beardmore South  Beardmore Glacier    1984   Helicopter support  Summer camp       Beaver Lake  Beaver Lake    1995    Summer campOpen      Béchervaise Island  Bechervaise Island    n/a  Penguin research   Summer refugeOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Betbeder  Snow Hill Island    1954    Summer refuge       Black Island  Black Island    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Blaicklock Island (BL)  Blaiklock Island    1957  SurveyGeology  Summer refugeClosed 1958Historic Site No.63  Station YStation W     Borchgrevink's Hut  Cape Adare    1899   Abandoned ASPA #159      UTC+12 Boulder  Sansom Islands        Depot       Bratina Island  Bratina Island    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Brookes  Shirokaya Bay   1972  Depot for seal and lake research    Summer refugeOpen  Davis    UTC+7 Browning Pass  Browning Pass    1997  Airfield CampFuel depot  Summer campOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Browning Peninsula  Browning Peninsula    n/a  Support field personnel  Summer refugeOpen  Casey    UTC+11 Brownworth  Lake Brownworth    1969    Closed 1985Removed       Bull Pass  Bull Pass    1969    Summer hutClosed 2003       Bull Pass  Bull Pass    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Bryde  Bryde Island    1953    Summer refuge  Brown     Byers  Livingston Island   2001   Summer refugeOpen  Juan Carlos I    UTC−4 Byrd Aurora  Marie Byrd Land     1963   Summer campClosed 1963        Byrd Coast  Mount Farley    1966   Summer campClosed 1967        Byrd Surface  Marie Byrd Land    2001    Temporaryclosed       C  Cabral  Pitt Point    1964    Summer refugeClosed  Esperanza     Caleta Péndulo  Port Foster    1947   Abandoned 1967       Caleta Telefon  Deception Island    1955  Emergency refuge  Abandoned1967       Campbell   Campbell Glacier    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer Open  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Cape Bird  Cape Bird    1965    Summer refugeOpen  Scott     Cape Chocolate  Cape Chocolate    n/a    Summer hutClosed        Cape Crozier  Cape Crozier    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Cape Denison  Cape Denison    n/a  Maintenance to Mawson's Huts  Summer refugeOpen  Mawson's Huts     Cape Evans  Cape Evans    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Cape Hallett  Cape Hallett    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Cape Phillips  Cape Phillips    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Cape Reclus (CR)   Portal Point    1956  SurveyGeology  Summer refugeClosed 1958Dismantled 1996Rebuilt inside Falkland Islands Museum in 2014  Station O     Cape Roberts  Cape Roberts    1984    Summer refugeOpen       Cape Roberts  Cape Roberts    1997  Cape Roberts Project  Summer refugeOpen  McMurdoScott     Cape Ross  Cape Ross    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Cape Royds  Cape Royds    1993    Summer refugeOpen       Cape Royds  Cape Royds    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Capitán Caillet-Bois  D'Hainaut Island    1954    Summer refugeOccasionally used       Capitán Cobbett  Cierva Cove    1954  MeteorologyBiology  Summer refugeOpen  Primavera     Capitán Estivariz  Watkins Island    1956    Summer refugeOpen  Brown     Capitán Fliess  Neko Harbour    1949   Summer refugeRebuilt 2011       Castle Rock  Castle Rock    n/a Emergency hut  Summer hutOpen  McMurdo Station     Chacabuco  Fallières Coast    1956    Summer refugeOpen  San Martín     Colbeck Hut  Colbeck Archipelago    1988  Monitor theTaylor Glacieremperor penguin  Summer hutOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Comandante Zapiola  Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf    1976    Summer refugeOpen Belgrano II     Commonwealth Glacier  Commonwealth Glacier    1975    Summer campClosed 1977Demolished       Corrientes  Brunt Ice Shelf    1961   Summer refugeClosed  Belgrano II     Cosmonaut  Cosmonaut Glacier    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Cristo Redentor  Duse Bay    1955    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     Crooked Lake  Crooked Lake   n/a  Support field personnel  Summer refugeOpen  Davis    UTC+7 Cruls  Nelson Island    1985    Summer refugeOpen Ferraz     CTAM  Transantarctic Mountains    2010  Depot  Summer campTemporary closed       D  D10 Skiway  Cape Géodésie    n/a  Airfield Camp  Summer campOpen  Dumont d'Urville Station     D59 Skiway  East Antarctic Ice Sheet    n/a  Airfield Camp  Summer campClosed       D85 Skiway  East Antarctic Ice Sheet    n/a  Airfield Camp  Summer campOpen       Damoy Point (DP)  Damoy Point    1975  Transit Facility  Summer refugeClosed 2006Historic Site No.84  Rothera     Darwin Glacier  Darwin Glacier    n/a           Discovery Hut  Hut Point PeninsulaRoss Island    1902  Discovery Expedition  Abandoned1917 ASPA #158  n/a     Dome C  Antarctic ice sheet     1981   Summer campinactive since 1984        Dorian Bay  Dorian Bay    1957  Survey  Summer refugeOpenrefurbished 2011       Downstream Bravo Camp        Fuel depot  Abandoned       E  E-Base  Fimbul Ice Shelf     1995  Emergency refugeAccommodation  ClosedAbandoned  SANAE III    Edgeworth David  Bunger Hills     1986  GeologyGeophysicsGeomorphology  Summer refugeOpen  Casey     UTC+8 El Manco Seymour Island    2007    Summer refuge       El Plumerillo  Rymill Bay    1953    Summer refugeClosed  San Martín     Elefante  King George Island    n/a    Summer refuge  Carlini     Enigma Lake  Victoria Land    2005  Airfield Camp  Summer campOpen Zucchelli    UTC+12 Ensenada Martel  Admiralty Bay    1947   Summer refugeAbandoned       F  F6 Camp  Victoria Land    2001    Summer campOpen       Fang Hut  David Range    1982  Geology Summer hutOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Filla  Filla Island    1999  Support field personnel   Summer refugeOpen       Florentino Ameghino  Cape Longing    1960   SummerClosed  Esperanza    Fossil Bluff  Alexander Island    1961  Airfield CampFuel depot  SummerOpen     Framheim  Bay of WhalesRoss Ice Shelf    1911  Amundsen's South Pole expedition  Abandoned1912       Francisco de Gurruchaga  Nelson Island    1954    Summer refugeOpen       G  General San Martín  Persson Island    1955    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     Goeldi  Elephant Island    1988   Summer refugeOpen Ferraz     Gould  Heritage Range    1966    Closed 1967  Summer camp     Gould Bay  Gould Bay    n/a   Private Base Camp  Summer campOpen       Granaderos  Hayrick Island    1957    Summer refuge  San Martín      Groussac  Petermann Island    1955    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     Guaraní  Cape Sobral    1959    Summer refugeLost       Guillochon  Rabot Island    1957    Summer refugeClosed       Gutiérrez Vargas  Deception Island    1956  Emergency refuge  SummerAbandoned1967       H  Harrow Peaks  Harrow Peaks    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Herb  Herbertson Glacier    n/a    Summer campClosed        Hop  Hop Island    1990  Support field personnel   Summer refugeOpen       Huneeus  Patriot Hills    1997  Support field personnel  Summer refugeClosed 2013       I  Icaro  Terra Nova Bay    n/a Meteo stationEmergency refuge  Summer campOpen  Zucchelli Station    UTC+12 Independencia Argentina  Trinity Peninsula    1967    Summer refugeOpen Esperanza     J  Jack's Donga  David Range    1982  Geology  Summer refugeOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Jorge Boonen(ex Cañas Montalva)(ex Station V)  View Point   19961953  MeteorologyGeology   Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     K  Kottas  Heimefront Range    1985 GeophysicalGeology  Summer camp  Neumayer IIIKohnen   Kurzmann  Trinity Peninsula    1976    Summer refugeDestroyed       L  Lake Bonney  Lake Bonney    2001    Summer refugeOpen       Lake Fryxell  Lake Fryxell    2001    Summer refugeOpen       Lake Hoare  Lake Hoare    2001    Summer refugeOpen       Lake Miers  Lake Miers    1979    Summer refugeClosed 1996       Lake Vanda  Lake Vanda    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Lake Vida  Lake Vida    n/a  Depot  Summer refugeOpen       Lasala  Whalers Bay    1953    Summer refugeDestroyed by the British in the Deception Island incident in April 1953      Ledingham  Ledingham Depot   1984  Support science programs   Summer refugeOpen       Lichen Hills  Lichen Hills    n/a  Fuel depot  SummerOpen  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Lillie Marlene  Everett Range    1979  EmergencyRefuge  Summer refugeOpen       Little Dome C  East Antarctic Plateau    2016  Beyond EPICA  Summer campOpen  Concordia Station     Little Rockford       1958   Summer campClosed 1965        Livingston  Livingston Island    1995   Summer refugeOpen     UTC−4 Lower Erebus  Ross Island    1992  MonitoringMt. Erebus  Summer refugeOpen  McMurdo    UTC+12 Lower Wright  Wright Lower Glacier    1971    Summer refugeOpen       Lower Wright  Wright Lower Glacier    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       M  Macey  Robinson Group    1971  Auster emperor penguin colony   Summer hutOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Maipú  Larsen Ice Shelf    1956    Summer refugeClosed  San Martín     Marble Point  McMurdo Dry Valleys    n/a  Fuel DepotLogistic base for helicopters  Summer refugeOpen  McMurdo     Marie Byrd  Marie Byrd Land     1957   Summer camp        Marine Plain  Vestfold Hills    n/a  Support field personnel working in the protected site ASPA 143  Summer campOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Mariner Camp      n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Martín Güemes I  Duse Bay    1953    Summer refugeCovered by ice in 1960  Esperanza     Martín Güemes II  Duse Bay    1959    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     McGregor  McGregor Glacier     1982   Summer hut        Megadunes  Antarctic Plateau     2003 Support scientists   Summer camp        Mesa Range  Mesa Range    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Meteorite Hills  Meteorite Hills    Since 1976 ANSMET Project  Summer camp        Mid Point  East Antarctic Ice Sheet    1988  Airfield CampDepot  Summer campOpen  ZucchelliConcordia    UTC+12 Minnesota  Jones Mountains    1961   Summer campClosed 1965        Moody Nunatak        2003 Logistical helicopter   Summer camp        Morris Basin  Morris Basin    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Mount Henderson Hut  Mount Henderson    n/a  Shelter for visitors  Summer hutOpen  Mawson    UTC+6 Mount Jackman  Mount Jackman    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Mount Minto   Admiralty Mountains    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 N  Neptune  Pensacola Mountains    1963  PaleobotanyEntomologyGeodesy  Summer refugeClosed 1966       New Harbour  New Harbour    n/a    Summer refugeOpen       Nogal de Saldán  Cape Jeremy    1958    Summer refugeClosed     ()   Nuestra Señora de Luján  Danco Coast    1979    Summer Refuge       O  Ocean Camp  Weddell Sea Ice Shelf    1915  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  Abandoned1915        Odell Glacier  Odell Glacier    2001    Summer camp        Ohio  Horlick Mountains    1961   Summer campClosed 1967        Ohio H       1962   Summer campClosed 1965        Omgi  Horseshoe Island    2019  MeteorologyScientific activity  Summer camp        Ona  Fallières Coast    1995    Summer refuge  San Martín     Onset D       2001    Summer camp        Orford Cliff (OC)  Orford Cliff    1957  SurveyGeology  Summer refugeClosed 1959Demolished 1997  Station W     Ortiz  Paradise Harbor    1956    Summer refugeOpen  Brown     P  Paso de los Andes  Avian Island    1957    Summer refugeOpen  San Martín     Paso del Medio  Hope Bay    1990    Summer refuge       Patience Camp  Weddell Sea Ice Shelf    1915  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  Abandoned1916        Patriot Hills  Ellsworth Mountains    1987  Private camp and Blue ice runway  Summer campOpen  Various    UTC−5 Patuxent  Patuxent Range    1962   Summer campClosed 1965        Peggotty Bluff  Peggotty Bluff South Georgia    1916  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  Abandoned  n/a    UTC−2 Peterson Island  Peterson Island    n/a  Shelter for visitors  Summer refugeOpen  Casey     Pine Island Glacier  Pine Island Glacier    n/a  Ice stream survey  Summer refugeOpen       Platcha  Princess Elizabeth Land    1961  Base for field training  Summer refugeOpen  Davis     Polheim  South Pole    1911  Amundsen's South Pole expedition  Abandoned  n/a    Prebble Glacier  Prebble Glacier    1966  Camp  Closed 1967        Puerto Moro  Hope Bay    1951   Summer  Integrated intoEsperanza     R  Rada Lote  Danco Coast    1953    Summer refugeDestroyed by a storm       Rasmussen Island (RS)   Rasmussen Island    1985  Emergency refugeRecreational shelter  Summer refugeClosed 1996Occasionally used       Reedy Glacier  Reedy Glacier    2001    Summer camp       Robert Guillard  Adélie Land    1994  Logistic camp to Concordia  Summer refugeOpen  Dumont d'Urville     Robinson Ridge  Robinson Ridge    1998  Support field personnel   Summer refugeOpen       Rookery Lake  Vestfold Hills    n/a  Support monitoring programs on Adelie penguins  Summer refugeOpen       Roosevelt Island  Roosevelt Island    1969   Summer hut        Roque C. Cisterna  Luitpold Coast    1976    Summer refugeOpen      Rumdoodle  Rumdoodle Peak    n/a  Ski Landing Area  Summer refugeOpen  Mawson     S  S17 Camp  Enderby Land    n/a    Summer refugeOpen  Showa    UTC+3 Sally Rocks  South Bay    2005    Summer refugeOpen  St. Kliment Ohridski     Salta  Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf    1957    Summer refugeClosed 1975  Belgrano II   Salyut Queen Mary Land   1978   Summer baseClosed 1978     San Antonio  Larsen Nunatak    1959    Summer refugeOpen  Integrated in Matienzo     SANAP Summer Base  Queen Maud Land    2009  Logistics  SummerOpen  SANAE IV    San Carlos  Brandy Bay    1959    Summer refugeOpen  Esperanza     San Juan  Hidden Lake    1959    Summer refugeLost  Esperanza     San Nicolás  Trinity Peninsula    1963   Summer refugeClosed  Esperanza     San Roque  Robertson Island    1956    Summer refugeClosed  Esperanza     Sansom  Sansom Islands        Depot        Santa Bárbara  Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf    1963   Summer refugeLost       Santa Teresita  Oscar II Coast    1953    Summer refugeClosed       Scott's Hut  Ross Island    1911  Terra Nova Expedition, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition  Abandoned1917ASPA #155 n/a    UTC+12 Scullin monolith  Scullin monolith    1988  Depot in support of field programs in ASPA 164   Summer refugeOpen  Mawson     Shackleton Camp  Transantarctic Mountains    2015    Summer campOpen       Shackleton's Hut  Cape RoydsRoss Island    1908  Nimrod Expedition  Abandoned ASPA #157 n/a    UTC+12 Siple Dome  Marie Byrd Land    1996 Logistic  Summer camp  McMurdoAmundsen–Scott South Pole     Sitry(C-3)  Antarctic Plateau    2000 Airfield CampFuel depot  Summer campClosed       Sky Blu  Ellsworth Land    1993  Logistics Facility  Summer campOpen  Rothera    UTC−5 South Ice  Edith Ronne Land    1957  IGY overwinter  Abandoned  n/a    UTC−2 Starr Nunatak  Starr Nunatak    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12Station PMateev Cove1957Summer campAbandoned T  Talos Dome  Talos Dome    2004  TALDICE Project  Summer campRemoved 2008  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Tam Flat  Victoria Land    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Tamseis  Wilkes Land    2001 Trans-Antarctic Mountains Seismic Experiment  Summer camp       Thorne  Port Foster    1953   Summer refugeDestroyed in 1969 due to volcanic eruption       Trajer Ridge  Trajer Ridge    1988  Emergency refuge and due to be replaced  Summer refugeOpen  Davis     Tucker Glacier  Tucker Glacier    n/a  Fuel depot  Summer  Zucchelli    UTC+12 Turkish Camp  Horseshoe Island    2019  Scientific activity  Summer campOpen       U  Union Glacier  Ellsworth Land    n/a  Private Camp  Summer campOpen      UTC-3 V  Valleverdú  Seymour Island    2008    Boats Refuge  Carlini     Vargas  Deception Island    1956  Refuge  Abandoned 1967  Aguirre Cerda      Vinson  Branscomb Glacier     n/a   Private Base Camp  Summer campOpen       Virgen de las Nieves  Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf    1958    Summer refugeClosed   Belgrano II     Virgen de Loreto  Larsen Ice Shelf    1963   Summer refugeLost       W  WAIS Divide  WAIS Divide    2005  Collect deepice core  Summer campOpen  McMurdo     Watts Lake  Ellis Fjord    n/a  Support of biological programs  Summer refugeOpen  Davis     Whichaway  Schirmacher Oasis    n/a  Private camp   Summer campOpen       Wilkes 'Hilton'  Clark Peninsula    1962  Support field personnel   Summer refugeOpen  Casey     Wilkins Runway  Wilkes Land    n/a Airfield Camp  Summer campOpen Casey    UTC+8 Wiltgen  Elephant Island    1985   Summer refugeDismantled1998  Ferraz     Whoop Whoop          Ski Landing Area  Summer hut  Davis      Y  Yapeyú  Fallières Coast    1956    Summer refugeOpen  San Martín
See also Antarctic field camps. Clockwise: Patriot Hills, Academia, Fossil Bluff, Sky Blu, Erebus, Scott's Hut, Lower Erebus, Casanovas. *Research stations in Antarctica*Demographics of Antarctica*List of Antarctic expeditions*Transport in Antarctica
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