Cámara Base

Location of Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Cámara Base from Xenia Hill, Half Moon Island.

Cámara Base (62°35′41″S 59°55′08″W / 62.59472°S 59.91889°W / -62.59472; -59.91889) is a seasonal station operated by Argentina opened in 1953. Situated on Half Moon Island in McFarlane Strait off the east coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.

Sources

• Information on the Argentine Antarctic Bases. Argentine Antarctic Institute.
• Isla Media Luna: Guía para sitios que reciben visitantes. Secretaría del Tratado Antártico. (Spanish)

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