Scott Base

Local nameScott Base
LocationAntarctica

Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica. The base was set up as support to field research and the centre for research into earth sciences, and now conducts research in many fields, operated by Antarctica New Zealand.

The base is 3 kilometres from the larger U.S. McMurdo Station via Pegasus Road.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Base

Coordinates -77°50'58.025" N 166°46'6.026" E

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