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Neumayer Station II

Coordinates: 70°38′16″S 8°15′42″W / 70.637847°S 8.261744°W / -70.637847; -8.261744
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Neumayer II Station
Neumayer II Station in 2008
Neumayer II Station in 2008
Location of Neumayer II Station in Antarctica
Location of Neumayer II Station in Antarctica
Neumayer II Station
Location of Neumayer II Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 70°38′16″S 8°15′42″W / 70.637847°S 8.261744°W / -70.637847; -8.261744
Country Germany
Location in AntarcticaAtka Iceport
Queen Maud Land
Antarctica
Administered byAlfred Wegener Institute
Established1992 (1992)
ClosedFebruary 2009 (2009-02)
Named forGeorg von Neumayer
TypeAll-year round
PeriodAnnual
StatusClosed
WebsiteAWI

Neumayer-Station or Neumayer-Station II was a permanent German Antarctic research base on Atka Bay. It opened in 1992, replacing the old Georg-von-Neumayer-Station.

On February 20, 2009, it was replaced by the new permanent research base Neumayer-Station III.

See also

Model of the station in a museum in Bonn.