Camp Byers

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Camp Byers
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South Beaches on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, with Camp Byers in the foreground, and left to right Tsamblak Hill, Negro Hill and Dometa Point in the background
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Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Camp Byers
Location of Camp Byers in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°39′49″S61°05′58″W / 62.663652°S 61.099339°W / -62.663652; -61.099339
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Location in Antarctica Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
Administered by Spanish National Research Council
Established2001 (2001)
Elevation
[1]
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017) [1]
  Summer
12
  Winter
0
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusOperational
Topographic map of Livingston Island with the bases and base camps on the island including Camp Byers Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png
Topographic map of Livingston Island with the bases and base camps on the island including Camp Byers

Camp Byers (Spanish : Campamento Byers) is a Spanish seasonal base camp on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The locality is also designated for use as an International Field Camp. When necessary for scientific research purposes, temporary camping is allowed elsewhere on the protected peninsula under certain conditions. [2]

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The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

Location

The encampment is 1.2 km north-northwest of Nikopol Point, 1.04 km northeast of Sealer Hill, 3.13 km south by west of Chester Cone and 4.38 km west of Dometa Point (detailed Spanish mapping of the area in 1992, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016

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