Automatic Weather Stations - 2024

Regions:Years: Antarctic Peninsula
Stations (2024):

Gabriel González Videla AWS

Former Name: González Videla Base
Owner: Chile
Site Code: GGV
Initial Start Date: 2023-01-01
Installed: 2023-01-01
Latitude: -64.824015 S
Longitude: -62.857779 W
Elevation: 6 meters


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Notes: This base is an inactive research station on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. It is named after Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica. The station was active from 1951–58, and was reopened briefly in the early 1980s. Occasional summer visits are made by Chilean parties and tourists.