Automatic Weather Stations - 2010
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Antarctic Peninsula Stations (2010): |
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Sky-Blu AWSOwner: UW/UKSite Code: SKY Initial Start Date: 1999-02-07 Info from Service Visit: 2006-11-26 Latitude: -74.792 S Longitude: -71.488 W Elevation: 1,510 meters WMO ID: 89272 AWS Model: Station Records:
Notes: It is near an area of Blue Ice (extremely hard and dense ice which has lost the air bubbles that normally cloud the ice). It provides a runway able to accommodate wheeled aircraft that are larger than can be handled by other types of runways in the area. |