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Location of Station T — Adelaide
Adelaide Station

(Known as Adelaide Island until Jul 1962)

Position: Lat. 67° 46′ S, Long. 68° 55′ W
General location: South-west Adelaide Island

Purpose

Survey, glaciology, geology and meteorology. Main air facility and centre for airborne earth sciences programme.

Occupied

3 Feb 1961 – 1 Mar 1977.

Established on the south-west tip of Adelaide Island in preference to Rothera Point as it had a better ski-way for aircraft and less sea ice to hinder access by ship. Closed when the ski-way deteriorated and operations were transferred to Rothera (Station R).

Buildings

TheoriginalbuildingwasknownasStephensonHouseafterAStephenson, surveyorontheBritishGrahamLandExpedition(BGLE) 1934–37. AnadditionalhutnamedRymillHouseafterJRRymill, leaderofBGLE, waserectedinMar1962. AseparateaccommodationhutnamedHamptonHouseafterWEHampton, deputyleaderandchiefpilotoftheBGLE, waserectedon1Jan1963. ThiswasformerlythegarageatFossilBluff(StationKG). Aplasticaccommodationbuildingwasestablishedon3Mar1967.

Current Status

Transferred to Chile 14 Aug 1984 and renamed Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base (Teniente Carvajal).

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