Base Machu Picchu

Base Machu Picchu
Coordinates	62 ° 5 ′  S , 58 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 5 ′  S , 58 ° 28 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Antarctica
height	10 m
founding	1989
Machu Picchu base expedition in 2015

Base Machu Picchu (also Machu Picchu Station ) is a Peruvian polar research station in the Antarctic . It is located on King George Island in Admiralty Bay . It is named after the ruined city of Machu Picchu in Peru. The station is used in the Antarctic summer from December to March. The Machu Picchu station consists of five modules: a laboratory, personal accommodation, an emergency shelter, a dining room with kitchen and a supply module for power supply, vehicle accommodation and disposal. It also has a helicopter landing pad . The ship BIC Humboldt visits the station annually.

Individual evidence

1. ^ El Perú y el Tema Antártico. (PDF) Accessed August 4, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ^ The Machu Picchu Base in the Antarctica. In: Dos Manos Peru News. January 11, 2017, accessed August 4, 2019 . 
3. ^ Gianfranco Tamburelli: The antarctic legal system: the protection of the environment of the polar regions . Giuffrè Editore, Milan 2008, ISBN 978-88-14-14216-1 , p. 235 ( com.ar [accessed August 4, 2019]).
4. ^ Gianfranco Tamburelli: The antarctic legal system: the protection of the environment of the polar regions . Giuffrè Editore, Milan 2008, ISBN 978-88-14-14216-1 , p. 240 ( com.ar [accessed August 4, 2019]).