Petrel Base

Petrel Base

Petrel Base, is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica in Dundee Island, in the Joinville Group.

Opened as a permanent base on 22 February 1967, it is being used as a temporary base since 1978.

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Argentine permanent bases in Antarctica operated by Instituto Antártico Argentino

Esperanza Belgrano II Jubany Marambio Orcadas San Martín

Year-round

Argentina	Belgrano II Carlini Esperanza Marambio Orcadas San Martín

Australia	Casey Davis Mawson Macquarie Island

Chile	Captain Prat General O'Higgins Presidente Frei Professor Escudero

Europe	Princess Elisabeth (Belgium) Concordia / Dumont d'Urville (France) Concordia / Mario Zucchelli (Italy) Neumayer III (Germany) Troll (Norway) Arctowski (Poland) Halley / Rothera (UK) Vernadsky (Ukraine)

Russia	Bellingshausen Mirny Novolazarevskaya Progress Vostok

United States	Amundsen-Scott McMurdo Palmer

Others	Comandante Ferraz (Brazil) Great Wall / Zhongshan (China) Bharati / Maitri (India) Dome Fuji / Showa (Japan) Jang Bogo / King Sejong (South Korea) Scott (New Zealand) SANAE IV (South Africa) Artigas (Uruguay)

Summer

Almirante Brown / Cámara / Decepción / Matienzo / Melchior / Petrel / Primavera (Argentina)
St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)
Carvajal / González Videla / Risopatrón (Chile)
Kunlun / Taishan (China)
Mendel (Czech Republic)
Maldonado (Ecuador)
Aboa (Finland)
Kohnen (Germany)
Zucchelli (Italy)
Dome Fuji (Japan)
Tor (Norway)
Jinnah (Pakistan)
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Law-Racoviţă (Romania)
Gabriel de Castilla / Juan Carlos I (Spain)
Svea / Wasa (Sweden)
Signy (UK)
Byrd (United States)
Elichiribehety (Uruguay)

Closed

Dakshin Gangotri (India) Asuka / Mizuho (Japan) Hallett / Vanda (New Zealand) Komsomolskaya / Leningradskaya / Molodyozhnaya / Russkaya (Soviet Union) Ellsworth (USA / Argentina) World Park Base (Greenpeace)