| San Martin Base | |
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| The San Martín Base | |
| Location map for San Martin Base | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18 |
The San Martín Base (in Spanish, Base San Martín) is an Argentine base in Antarctica, operated by the Instituto Antartico Argentino and located on the Barry Island near the Antarctic Peninsula's mountain range. It was founded on March 21, 1951 by Argentine Army Colonel D. H. Pujato, who named the base after the Argentine independence hero General José de San Martín. The number of people living in it is between 18 and 20.
San Martín is the westernmost Argentine Antarctic base, and has special importance because the area of its location is claimed at the same time by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom, and because it is near the Antarctic Peninsula Mountain Range, where scientists have discovered copper, and think there are more metals.
The base's motto is "Hombres de voluntad, luchan y vencen desde 1951". (Willing men, fight and win since 1951)
| Climate data for General San Martin | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3 (37) |
1 (34) |
−2 (28) |
−4 (24) |
−6 (21) |
−8 (17) |
−8 (18) |
−9 (16) |
−8 (17) |
−4 (24) |
−3 (27) |
2 (36) |
−3.9 (24.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3 (27) |
−4 (25) |
−8 (18) |
−10 (14) |
−14 (7) |
−17 (2) |
−16 (3) |
−19 (−2) |
−16 (3) |
−13 (9) |
−9 (16) |
−3 (26) |
−10.9 (12.3) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 10 (0.4) |
15 (0.6) |
25 (1) |
25 (1) |
43 (1.7) |
28 (1.1) |
33 (1.3) |
25 (1) |
41 (1.6) |
43 (1.7) |
23 (0.9) |
5 (0.2) |
318 (12.5) |
| Source: Weatherbase [1] | |||||||||||||
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