Doctor Guillermo Mann Base

Doctor Guillermo Mann Base (formerly Camp Shirreff) is a Chilean Antarctic research base. It is located on the east side of Cape Shirreff on Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic peninsula.

Doctor Guillermo Mann Station
Cape Shirreff research station with the Chilean facilities on the left and the US ones on the right
Doctor Guillermo Mann Station
Location of Guillermo Mann Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 62°28′12″S 60°46′16″W
Country Chile
Location in AntarcticaIoannes Paulus II Peninsula
Livingston Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
Administered byInstituto Antártico Chileno INACH
EstablishedNovember 1991 (1991-11)
Named forGuillermo Mann
Population
  Total
  • 6 in summer 0 in winter
TypeSeasonal
PeriodSummer
StatusClosed
WebsiteBase Profesor Julio Escudero (INACH)

It is near the Shirreff Base that is administrated by the United States.

The base is named after the Chilean zoologist, naturalist and ecologist Guillermo Mann, who participated in 1947 on the first Chilean Antarctic Expedition.

This base should not to be confused with the old Doctor Guillermo Mann or Spring-INACH Base from 1973 that is located in the Spring Point, Hughes Bay. Today that base is not operational.

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