The General Artigas Station, also referred to as the Artigas Base is the larger of the two Uruguayan scientific research stations in Antarctica, the other one being Elichiribehety Base. It is one of the 68 bases in Antarctica.
Artigas Base in summer 2007
King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands, lying 120 km off the coast of Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. The island was named after King George III.
Admiralty Bay
Junk on the shoreline at Bellingshausen Station
Construction of China's first antarctic base in January 1985, the Great Wall Station.
Chilean base Frei and Russian Bellingshausen (on the right)