1# @(#)antarctica 7.23
2
3# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
4# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
5# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
6# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
7# </a>
8# and
9# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
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85# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
86# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
87# </a>
88# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
89# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
90# </a>
91
92# Brazil - year-round base
93# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4
94
95# Chile - year-round bases and towns
96# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
97# Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
98# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
99# Prat, -6230-05941
100# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), King George Island, since 1984-04-09
101# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
102
103# China - year-round bases
104# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20
105# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26
106
107# France - year-round bases
108#
109# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20):
110# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
111# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
112# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
113# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
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140 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
141# Reference:
142# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
143# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
144# </a>
145
146
147# Germany - year-round base
148# Georg von Neumayer
149
150# India - year-round base
151# Dakshin Gangotri
152
153# Japan - year-round bases
154# Dome Fuji
155# Syowa
156#
157# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
158# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
159# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
160# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
161#
162# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
163# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
164# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
165# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
166Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
167 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
168# See:
169# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
170# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
171# </a>
172
173# S Korea - year-round base
174# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
175
176# New Zealand - claims
177# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
178# Scott Island (never inhabited)
179#
180# year-round base
181# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
182#
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197# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
198
199# Poland - year-round base
200# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
201
202# Russia - year-round bases
203# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
204# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
205# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
206# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
207# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
208
209# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
210# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
211# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
212# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
213# time as Moscow, Russia.
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229# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
230# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
231# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
232#
233Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
234 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
235
236# S Africa - year-round bases
237# Marion Island
238# Sanae
239
240# UK
241#
242# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
243# South Orkney Islands
244# scientific station from 1903
245# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
246# South Shetland Islands
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265
266# Uruguay - year round base
267# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
268
269# USA - year-round bases
270#
271# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
272#
273# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
274# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
275# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
276# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
277# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
278# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
279#
280# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
281Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
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2
3# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
4# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
5# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
6# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
7# </a>
8# and
9# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
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85# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
86# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
87# </a>
88# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
89# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
90# </a>
91
92# Brazil - year-round base
93# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4
94
95# Chile - year-round bases and towns
96# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
97# Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
98# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
99# Prat, -6230-05941
100# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), King George Island, since 1984-04-09
101# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
102
103# China - year-round bases
104# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20
105# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26
106
107# France - year-round bases
108#
109# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20):
110# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
111# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
112# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
113# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
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140 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
141# Reference:
142# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
143# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
144# </a>
145
146
147# Germany - year-round base
148# Georg von Neumayer
149
150# India - year-round base
151# Dakshin Gangotri
152
153# Japan - year-round bases
154# Dome Fuji
155# Syowa
156#
157# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
158# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
159# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
160# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
161#
162# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
163# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
164# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
165# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
166Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
167 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
168# See:
169# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
170# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
171# </a>
172
173# S Korea - year-round base
174# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
175
176# New Zealand - claims
177# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
178# Scott Island (never inhabited)
179#
180# year-round base
181# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
182#
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197# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
198
199# Poland - year-round base
200# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
201
202# Russia - year-round bases
203# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
204# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
205# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
206# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
207# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
208
209# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
210# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
211# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
212# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
213# time as Moscow, Russia.
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229# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
230# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
231# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
232#
233Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
234 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
235
236# S Africa - year-round bases
237# Marion Island
238# Sanae
239
240# UK
241#
242# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
243# South Orkney Islands
244# scientific station from 1903
245# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
246# South Shetland Islands
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265
266# Uruguay - year round base
267# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
268
269# USA - year-round bases
270#
271# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
272#
273# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
274# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
275# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
276# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
277# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
278# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
279#
280# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
281Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
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