ECARE

Coordinates: 63°24′09″S 56°59′27″W / 63.4025°S 56.9907°W / -63.4025; -56.9907
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Ruperto Elichiribehety Station
Estación científica antártica Ruperto Elichiribehety
Station D (until 1997)
The station is the building atop on the left
The station is the building atop on the left
Nickname: 
ECARE
Ruperto Elichiribehety Station is located in Antarctica
Ruperto Elichiribehety Station
Ruperto Elichiribehety Station
Location in Antarctica
Coordinates: 63°24′09″S 56°59′27″W / 63.4025°S 56.9907°W / -63.4025; -56.9907
RegionAntarctic Peninsula
LocationNear Hut Cove
Established13 February 1945 (1945-02-13)
Transferred22 December 1997
Named forRuperto Elichiribehety
Government
 • TypeAdministration
 • BodyUruguayan Antarctic Institute
Elevation2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Summer
7
 • Winter
0
Active timesEvery summer
Activities
List
  • Geodesy
  • Microbiology
  • Oceanography

The Estación Científica Antártica Ruperto Elichiribehety (English: Ruperto Elichiribehety Antarctic Scientific Station; better known in English by its Spanish acronym ECARE) is an Uruguay summer research station in Antarctica, established by the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute on December 22, 1997 on the Antarctic Peninsula.

ECARE is located in Hut Cove, southeast of Hope Bay in the northeastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, next to the Argentinian Esperanza Base. The Station can accommodate eight people,[1] and it is dedicated to support scientific projects in the surrounding area. It was formerly the British Station D, known as Trinity House.[2]

The station is named in honour of Ruperto Elichiribehety, a

Shackleton-Rowett Expedition[citation needed] that was lost on Elephant Island
.

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