Antarctic year-round and seasonal research stations
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Antarctic year-round and seasonal research stations
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 1,
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A map of Antarctica showing year-round and seasonal research stations, with station locations from the
['COMNAP Antarctic Facilities List'](https://www.comnap.aq/antarctic-facilities-information) , dated
November 2024. Only those facilities listed as a 'station' are shown. Bathymetry is indicated with a blue
colour ramp, and selected place names are shown.
Map projection: WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic: Central Meridian 0°, Standard Parallel 71°S
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A map of Antarctica showing year-round and seasonal Research Stations.
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Hughes, Tom
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British Antarctic Survey
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UKRI Research and Innovation
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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2025-11-24
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
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Cambridge
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CB3 0ET
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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Map produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.5.0.
Data sources:
* Research stations: COMNAP Antarctic Facilities List (November 2024), COMNAP 2025
* Coastline and rock outcrop: SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2025
* Bathymetry: Dorschel, Boris; et al (2022): The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
Version 2 (IBCSO v2) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937574
* Hillshade: produced from PGC REMA - Howat, Ian, et al., 2022, “The Reference Elevation Model of
Antarctica – Mosaics, Version 2”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EBW8UC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, accessed
16th January 2025.
* Place names: selected from the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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