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Operational. Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated alongside the Escudero Station in Villa Las Estrellas and only 200 metres (660 ft) from the Russian ...
Professor Julio Escudero Base is a permanent Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on King George Island just next to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva and within the civilian settlement of Villa Las Estrellas. It lies within the Antártica Chilean commune funded by the Antarctic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
King George Island (South Shetland Islands) King George Island (Argentinian Spanish: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chilean Spanish: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km (75 miles) off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.
Belonging to Chile, this enclave forms the nucleus for important logistical support to other countries with scientific bases on King George Island. The Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , operates the Profesor Julio Escudero Base on King George Island, which is the chief Chilean scientific research ...
A DAP Airways plane in the airport. The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport (IATA: TNM, ICAO: SCRM) is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent. The airport serves the nearby village of Villa Las Estrellas and the Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva.
Several countries maintain research stations on the islands. Most of them are situated on King George Island, benefitting from the airfield of the Chilean base Eduardo Frei. Sixteen research stations are in different parts of the islands, with Chilean stations being the greatest in number.
On 9 December 2019, a Chilean Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashed in the Drake Passage while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, a Chilean military base on King George Island in Antarctica. [1] The crash site was located on 12 December 2019 after a three-day search, and no survivors were found.
Villa Las Estrellas in 2011. Villa Las Estrellas. Night view. Chilean Post office in Villa Las Estrellas. Chapel of St. Mary Queen of Peace.. Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village [3] or Hamlet of the Stars) [4] is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic ...