Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo

Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo (Portuguese: Refúgio Pe. Balduíno Rambo) was a Brazilian Antarctic summer installation named after the botanist Father Balduíno Rambo. Located on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, it depended both logistically and administratively on Comandante Ferraz; it was dismantled in 2004.

Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo

Refúgio Pe. Balduíno Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo, King George Island
Coordinates: Maps 62.0953°S 58.5753°W / -62.0953; -58.5753
Country Brazil
TerritoryBrazilian Antarctica
Established1985
Dismantled2004
Population
  Total6
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
Websitewww.mar.mil.br/secirm/proantar.htm

Established in the summer of 1985, it could accommodate up to 6 scientists for up to 40 days.[1]

See also

References

  1. XXIII RAPAL (2002). Programa Antártico Brasileiro. Dirección Nacional del Antártico - Instituto Antártico Argentino. p. 3.


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