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Leningradskaya Station

Антарктическая станция Ленинградская

Antarcticaстанция Ленинградская1971Public buildings

The station was opened on 25 February 1971 by members of the 15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition on a rocky nunatak of the Oates Coast. Meteorological, geomagnetic, oceanographic and glaciological observations were made here; cargo was delivered from ships by helicopter. On 31 March 1991 the station was mothballed and reclassified as a seasonal field base.

Станция открыта 25 февраля 1971 года участниками 15-й Советской антарктической экспедиции на скальном нунатаке берега Отса. На ней велись метеорологические, геомагнитные, океанологические и гляциологические наблюдения; грузы с судов доставлялись вертолётами. 31 марта 1991 года станция законсервирована и переведена в разряд сезонных полевых баз.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionResearch station

Present ownerArctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Antarctic Expedition, Roshydromet)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1971

StatusMothballed

As of2020-08

According to Roshydromet (August 2020), the station remains a mothballed seasonal field base with automatic meteorological and geodetic stations; it was last visited in January 2020.