Maldonado Base

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Maldonado Station
Pedro Vincente Maldonado
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Maldonado Station
Location of Maldonado Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°26′57″S59°44′29″W / 62.449056°S 59.741389°W / -62.449056; -59.741389
CountryFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Location in Antarctica Greenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
Administered byInstituto Antártico Ecuatoriano INAE
Established2 March 1990 (1990-03-02)
Elevation
[1]
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2017) [1]
  Summer
32
  Winter
0
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Geodesy
  • Geophysics
  • Geomorphology
  • Microbiology
  • Oceanography
  • Sedimentology
Website Instituto Antartico Ecuatoriano
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Markingswhite (tower), black (stripe), yellow (daymark)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Power sourcesolar power  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Focal height9 m (30 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Range6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl W 4s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Maldonado Base, also Pedro Vicente Maldonado Base, is the Ecuadorian Antarctic research base situated at Guayaquil Bay, Greenwich Island. It is located in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It opened in 1990. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Clothier Harbour.

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The base is named after the Spanish-American astronomer, topographer, and geographer Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748) born in Riobamba, present Ecuador.

There is a lighthouse near the base. [2]

Location

The base is located at 62°26′57″S59°44′29″W / 62.449056°S 59.741389°W / -62.449056; -59.741389 which is 560 m south-southwest of Orión Point, 990 m southwest of Spark Point, 1.16 km north-northwest of Serrano Point and 2.56 km east-southeast of Agüedo Point (detailed Ecuadorian mapping in 2007, Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Greenwich-Island-location-map.png
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Livingston-Island-Map-2010.jpg
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.