FIDS - Stations / Bases

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Bases: A - Port Lockroy \| B - Deception Island \| BI - Bird Island \| D - Hope Bay \| E - Stonington Island \| F - Argentine Islands - Faraday \| G - Admiralty Bay \| H - Signy \| KG - Fossil Bluff \| M - South Georgia \| N - Anvers Island \| O - Danco Island \| R - Rothera \| T - Adelaide Island \| V - View Point \| W - Detaille Island \| Y - Horseshoe Island \| Z - Halley Bay Support: RRS Bransfield \| RRS John Biscoe \| RRS Shackleton \| James Clark Ross \| Kista Dan \| Port Stanley \| Protector	Of Dogs and Men 1944-1994 The illustrated story of the dogs of BAS
US bases: McMurdo 60's 70's 80's 90's 2000's \| VXE-6 \| South Pole \| NSFA \| Ships \| Deep Freeze \| Palmer \| William's Field \| Seabees
Other countries: ANARE \| Chile \| Deutschland \| España \| India \| New Zealand \| South Africa \| Uruguay \| Non-national
Once wedded to Nature there is no divorce - separate her you may and hide yourself amongst the flesh-pots of London, but the wild will keep calling and calling forever in your ears. You cannot escape the "little voices". - Frank Wild

FIDS - Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey - and BAS - British Antarctic Survey - Bases have been (and are) referred to by a letter as well as a name.

Base / Station C currently occupied H designated historic monument under the Antarctic treaty	Geographical Co-ordinates	Date first / last occupied notes
A - Port Lockroy H	63°49'S, 63°30'W	11/02/44 - 16/01/62
B - Deception Island	62°59'S, 60°34'W	03/02/44 - 23/02/69
BI - Bird Island C	54°00'S, 38°03'W	22/09/82 - present
C - Cape Geddes	60°41'S, 44°34'W	18/01/47 - 17/03/47
D - Hope Bay	63°24'S, 56°59'W	10/02/45 - 13/02/64
E - Stonington Island H	68°11'S, 67°00'W	24/02/46 - 23/02/75
F - Argentine Islands / Faraday H (Wordie house)	65°15'S, 64°16'W	07/01/47 - 22/07/95
G - Admiralty Bay	62°05'S, 58°25'W	25/01/47 - 19/01/61
H - Signy Island	60°43'S, 45°36'W	18/03/47 - 13/04/96
J - Prospect Point	66°00'S, 65°21'W	01/02/57 - 23/02/59
KG - Fossil Bluff	71°20'S, 68°17'W	20/02/61, intermittent summer only since 1975
M - King Edward Point, South Georgia C	54°17'S, 36°30'W	intermittent from 01/01/50 22/03/01 - present
N - Anvers Island	64°46'S, 64°05'W	27/02/55 - 10/01/58
O - Danco Island	64°44'S, 62°36'W	26/02/56 - 22/02/59
R - Rothera C	67°34' S,68°08' W	25/10/75 - present
T - Adelaide Island	67°46'S, 68°55'W	02/02/61 - 01/03/77
V - View Point	63°32'S, 57°23'W	08/02/53 - 25/11/63
W - Detaille Island	66°52'S, 66°48'W	21/02/56 - 01/04/59
Y - Horseshoe Island H	67°47'S, 67°18'W	11/03/55 - 21/08/60
Z - Halley bay C	75°35'S, 26°34'W (position has varied due to movement of the ice-sheet and re-building the base)	06/01/56 - present

notes
The first and last dates of occupation for each base is given, these dates refer to periods of year-round occupation, not summer-only. The occupation may not have been continuous between the dates given, many bases have been temporarily closed and re-opened again within the boundary dates.


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