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Shirreff Base

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Shirreff Base, is a seasonal field station in the South Atlantic operated by the United States of America (United States) opened in 1996. [1]

13 relations: Antarctic field camps, Antarctic Place-names Commission, Antarctica, Black Point (Livingston Island), Cape Shirreff, Doctor Guillermo Mann Base, Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula, Livingston Island, Mount Friesland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research stations in Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, United States.

Antarctic field camps

Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps.

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Antarctic Place-names Commission

The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Black Point (Livingston Island)

Black Point is a rocky promontory of projecting 800 m northwards from the northeast coast of Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula into Hero Bay, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica to form the east side of the entrance to Porlier Bay.

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Cape Shirreff

Cape Shirreff is a prominent cape at the north end of the rocky peninsula which separates Hero Bay and Barclay Bay on the north coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.

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Doctor Guillermo Mann Base

Doctor Guillermo Mann Base (formerly Camp Shirreff) is a Chilean Antarctic research base.

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Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula

Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula (Bulgarian: Полуостров Йоан Павел II Poluostrov Yoan Pavel II) is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west.

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Livingston Island

Livingston Island (Russian name Smolensk) is an Antarctic island in the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica lying between Greenwich Island and Snow Islands.

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Mount Friesland

Mount Friesland is a mountain rising to in the homonymous Friesland Ridge, the summit of Tangra Mountains and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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Research stations in Antarctica

A number of governments maintain permanent research stations in Antarctica and these bases are widely distributed.

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South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirreff_Base

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