Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base

Juan Carlos I Station Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos Primero
Antarctic base
The all-new facilities of Juan Carlos I Base in 2011.
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Juan Carlos I Station Location of Juan Carlos I Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°39′47″S 60°23′17″W
Country	Spain
Location in Antarctica	Hurd Peninsula Livingston Island South Shetland Islands
Administered by	Spanish National Research Council
Established	1989 (1989)
Named for	Juan Carlos I
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population
• Total	Up to 50
Type	Seasonal
Period	Summer
Status	Operational
Website	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base, named after the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I (Spanish: Base Antártica Española Juan Carlos Primero), is a seasonal (November to March) scientific station operated by Spain, opened in January 1988. Situated on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Location

The base is located at 62°39′46″S 60°23′20″W which is on the coast of Española Cove, South Bay, in the northern foothills of Mount Reina Sofía, and 2.7 km south-southwest of the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski. The two bases are linked by a 5.5 km overland route via Johnsons Glacier, Charrua Gap, Contell Glacier and Krum Rock.

See also

• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps
• Livingston Island
• Camp Byers

Gallery

• 
  Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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  Juan Carlos I Base, with South Bay and Ereby Point in the background
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  Topographic map of Livingston Island with the bases and base camps on the island image

Maps

• Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (Map reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work)
• L .L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L. L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0

Bibliography

• Ivanov, L. General Geography and History of Livingston Island. In: Bulgarian Antarctic Research: A Synthesis. Eds. C. Pimpirev and N. Chipev. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2015. pp. 17-28. ISBN 978-954-07-3939-7

External links

• Marine Technology Unit: Juan Carlos I
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities (Archived April 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine)
• COMNAP Antarctic Facilities Map (Archived September 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine)