Risopatrón Base

Risopatrón Base, also Luis Risopatrón Base, is a small Chilean Antarctic research base in the northwest of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated on the isthmus linking Coppermine Peninsula to Alfatar Peninsula and bounded by Carlota Cove to the north and Coppermine Cove to the south. Established as a refuge in 1949 and opened as a base in 1954, the facility supports summer research in geology, geophysics and terrestrial biology.

Risopatrón Station
Antarctic base
Risopatrón Station Location of Risopatrón Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°22′42″S 59°42′03″W
Country	Chile
Location in Antarctica	Robert Island South Shetland Islands Antarctica
Administered by	Instituto Antártico Chileno INACH
Established	1954 (1954)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population
• Total	Up to 5
Type	Seasonal
Period	Summer
Status	Operational
Website	Refugio Luis Risopatrón INACH

Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands

Robert Island, shaded red, within the South Shetland Islands

The base is probably named after the Chilean geographer Luis Risopatrón (1869-1930) who compiled and published a comprehensive geographical dictionary of Chile in 1924.

Location

The base is located at 62°22′42.4″S 59°42′02.5″W which is 1.61 km southeast of Fort William, 1.63 km north-northwest of The Triplets, 11.3 km north by west of Arturo Prat Base and 8.16 km north-northeast of Maldonado Base (Bulgarian mapping in 2009.)

See also

• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps

References

• Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 112: Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty.
• ASPA 112: Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty.
• J. Turner and S. Pendlebury. Greenwich, Robert and Media Luna Islands, South Shetland Islands. The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook. British Antarctic Survey.
• Bases, refugios y campamentos. INACH en Antártica. (in Spanish)

Maps

• L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010. ISBN 978-954-92032-9-5 (First edition 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)