Mizuho Station (Antarctica)

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This article is about Antarctic transshipment station. For the train station in Hokkaidō, Japan, see Mizuho Station.
The location of the Mizuho Station.
The location of the Mizuho Station.

The Mizuho Station (みずほ基地 Mizuho Kichi?), is a permanent Japanese Antarctic transshipment station. It is located on Atka Bay and was opened in 1970. It is operated by the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research.


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Research stations in Antarctica
Year-round
Argentina: Belgrano II – Esperanza – Jubany – Marambio – Orcadas – San Martín  · Australia: Casey – Davis – Mawson – Macquarie Island  · Belgium: Princess Elisabeth  · Brazil: Comandante Ferraz  ·   Chile: Captain Prat – General O'Higgins – Presidente Frei – Professor Escudero  ·   China: Great Wall – Zhongshan  ·   France: Concordia – Dumont d'Urville  · Germany: Neumayer  ·   India: Maitri  ·   Italy: Concordia – Mario Zucchelli  · Japan: Dome Fuji – Showa  · South Korea: King Sejong  ·   New Zealand: Scott  ·   Norway: Troll  ·   Poland: Arctowski  · Russia: Bellingshausen – Mirny – Novolazarevskaya – Vostok  · South Africa: SANAE  · Ukraine: Vernadsky  · United Kingdom: Halley – Rothera  · United States: Amundsen-Scott – McMurdo – Palmer  · Uruguay: Artigas
Summer
Argentina: Almirante Brown  ·   Chile: González Videla  ·   Bulgaria: St. Kliment Ohridski  ·   Czech Republic: Mendel  ·   Finland: Aboa  ·   Germany: Kohnen  ·   Italy: Zucchelli  ·   Norway: Tor  ·   Pakistan: Jinnah  ·   Peru: Machu Picchu  ·   Romania: Law-Racoviţă  ·   Russia: Progress  · Spain: Gabriel de Castilla – Juan Carlos I  · Sweden: Svea – Wasa  ·   United States: Byrd

Coordinates: 70°41′S, 44°19′W

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