Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island 38 miles long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at 64.55° S 63.58° W. Named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache after a city Belgium, Antwerp. A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Palmer Archipelago or Antarctic Archipelago or Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula extending from Tower Island in the north to Anvers Island in the south, lying northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Gerlache... A compass rose with Southwest highlighted The terms southwest and south west, can refer to: Southwest, the ordinal direction halfway between south and west, the opposite of northeast The Southwest United States Southwest, Western Australia Southwest Airlines The Southwest Biosphere Reserve in Australia; see List of Biosphere Reserves in Australia... Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. ... The term southwest, when used by itself, can refer to: Southwest, the ordinal direction halfway between south and west, the opposite of northeast The Southwest United States Southwest Airlines The Southwest Biosphere Reserve in Australia; see List of Biosphere Reserves in Australia Southwest England, principally the counties of Dorset, Somerset... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. ... Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (2 August 1866-4 December 1934) was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy, who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ...

Palmer Station

Download high resolution version (450x686, 20 KB)Palmer Station, photo taken from Raytheon Polar Services Company: Antarctic Photo Library. ... Download high resolution version (450x686, 20 KB)Palmer Station, photo taken from Raytheon Polar Services Company: Antarctic Photo Library. ...

Palmer Station

The Palmer Station on Anvers Island is located at (64.77° S 64.05° W) and is Antarctica's only U.S. station north of the Antarctic Circle. Although it is on an island, permanent ice often connects it with the mainland. Construction finished in 1968. Around 50 people can inhabit Palmer Station at one time. The station is named for Nathaniel B. Palmer, likely to have been the first person to see Antarctica. There are science labs in the station, as well as a dock and a helicopter pad. Categories: Outposts of Antarctica | Stub ... Zoomable PDF of the map this is based on The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a sailor in the United States Navy. ...

The former station of the British Antarctic Survey

On Anvers Island, the British Antarctic Survey built and operated a station for the purpose of survey and geology. The station of the British Antarctic Survey consisted of a hut and was occupied from February 27, 1955 until January 10, 1958. In 1958, the station of the British Antarctic Survey was closed when local work was completed. The hut of station of the British Antarctic Survey was loaned to the U.S. Government on July 2, 1963, which converted it into a biological laboratory in January 1965 for use by American scientists at the nearby Palmer Station. The station of the British Antarctic Survey was open in support of an air facility from 1969 until 1971. The station of the British Antarctic Survey was destroyed by fire on December 28, 1971 while being renovated by the British Antarctic Survey. Debris was removed by the members of the US Antarctic Program in 1990/1991. Only concrete foundations remain. BAS headquarters The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), formerly the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, and has, for the last fifty years, undertaken the majority of Britains scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Categories: Outposts of Antarctica | Stub ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Categories: Stub | United States | Antarctica ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A skiway was in use from 1969 to 1973. The air operations were transferred to Adelaide (Station T) in 1973 when the skiway deteriorated. The skyway remained intermittently in use until November 15, 1993. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

See also

List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands The sub-antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica out of Antarctic Circle (66° 33 38). Antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean or in the seas around Antarctica inside of Antarctic Circle. ...

External links

• Map of the area
• Report from an adventure trip to Anvers Island with pictures
• British Antarctic Survey
• Stanford Space Telecommunications and Radioscience Research at Palmer Station
• Website about Palmer Station with a picture. The old British Station is also mentioned
• Picture
• A Palmer Station visit diary with a lot of pictures
• Another Palmer Station visit diary with a lot of pictures
• Picture
• A small Website in German language
• Website of Palmer Station
• Long term ecological research on Palmer Station
• Website about Palmer Station with a picture and a floorplan of Palmer Station
• Several links to other websites and pictures
• Good pictures of Anvers Island and Palmer Station
• NSF (National Science Foundation) Ultraviolet (UV) Monitoring Network with a picture
• A job description on Palmer Island
• Ocean Floor near Palmer Station mapped
• Small description of Palmer Station with several pictures
• some good pictures
• Pictures
• Scientists map ocean floor near Palmer Station
• A picture
• Another picture