Neumayer II Station | |
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Neumayer II Station Location of Neumayer II Station in Antarctica | |
Coordinates: 70°38′16″S 8°15′42″W / 70.637847°S 8.261744°W | |
Country | Germany |
Location in Antarctica | Atka Iceport Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
Administered by | Alfred Wegener Institute |
Established | 1992 |
Closed | February 2009 |
Named for | Georg von Neumayer |
UN/LOCODE | AQ NEU |
Type | All-year round |
Period | Annual |
Status | Closed |
Website | AWI |
Neumayer-Station or Neumayer-Station II was a permanent German Antarctic research base on Atka Bay. It opened in 1992, replacing the old Georg-von-Neumayer-Station.
On February 20, 2009, it was replaced by the new permanent research base Neumayer-Station III. At the time, the station was moving with the shelf ice at about 200 meters per year towards the open sea.
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