1# @(#)antarctica 7.18
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">
10# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
11# </a>
12# for information.
13# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
14#
15# Except for the French entries,
16# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
17# FORMAT is `___' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
18
19# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
20# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
21Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
22Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
23Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
24Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S
25Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 -
26Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
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53# presumably this is when they have visitors.
54#
55# year-round bases
56# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
57# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
58# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
59# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
60# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
61Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - ___ 1969
62 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
63Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 13
64 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
65 0 - ___ 1969 Feb
66 7:00 - DAVT
67Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - ___ 1954 Feb 13
68 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
69# References:
70# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
71# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
72# </a>
73# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
74# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
75# </a>
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105# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
106# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
107# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
108#
109# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
110# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
111#
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - ___ 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
114 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
115#
116# year-round base in the main continent
117# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
118#
119# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
120# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
121#
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - ___ 1947
124 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
125 0 - ___ 1956 Nov
126 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
127# Reference:
128# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
129# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
130# </a>
131
132
133# Germany - year-round base
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144# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
145# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
146# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
147#
148# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
149# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
150# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 29
153 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
154# See:
155# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
156# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
157# </a>
158
159# S Korea - year-round base
160# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
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183# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
184
185# Poland - year-round base
186# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
187
188# Russia - year-round bases
189# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
190# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
191# Molodezhnaya
192# Novolazarevskaya
193# Vostok
194
195# S Africa - year-round bases
196# Marion Island
197# Sanae
198
199# UK
200#
201# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
202# South Orkney Islands
203# scientific station from 1903
204# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
205# South Shetland Islands
206# whaling station at Deception I 1912/1931
207# scientific station from 1943;
208# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
209# and a garrison was deployed briefly
210#
211# year-round bases
212# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
213# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06
214# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
215
216# Uruguay - year round base
217# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
218
219# USA - year-round bases
220#
221# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
222#
223# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
224# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
225# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
226# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
227# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
228# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
229#
230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
231Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - ___ 1965
232 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
233 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
234 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
235#
236#
237# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956
238# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
239Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - ___ 1956
240 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
241#
242# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23
243# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
244# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
245# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
246#
247# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
248# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
249# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
250# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
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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">
10# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
11# </a>
12# for information.
13# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
14#
15# Except for the French entries,
16# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
17# FORMAT is `___' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
18
19# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
20# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
21Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
22Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
23Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
24Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S
25Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 -
26Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
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53# presumably this is when they have visitors.
54#
55# year-round bases
56# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
57# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
58# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
59# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
60# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
61Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - ___ 1969
62 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
63Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 13
64 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
65 0 - ___ 1969 Feb
66 7:00 - DAVT
67Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - ___ 1954 Feb 13
68 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
69# References:
70# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
71# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
72# </a>
73# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
74# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
75# </a>
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105# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
106# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
107# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
108#
109# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
110# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
111#
112# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
113Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - ___ 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
114 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
115#
116# year-round base in the main continent
117# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
118#
119# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
120# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
121#
122# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
123Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - ___ 1947
124 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
125 0 - ___ 1956 Nov
126 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
127# Reference:
128# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
129# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
130# </a>
131
132
133# Germany - year-round base
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144# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
145# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
146# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
147#
148# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
149# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
150# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 29
153 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
154# See:
155# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
156# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
157# </a>
158
159# S Korea - year-round base
160# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
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183# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
184
185# Poland - year-round base
186# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
187
188# Russia - year-round bases
189# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
190# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
191# Molodezhnaya
192# Novolazarevskaya
193# Vostok
194
195# S Africa - year-round bases
196# Marion Island
197# Sanae
198
199# UK
200#
201# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
202# South Orkney Islands
203# scientific station from 1903
204# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
205# South Shetland Islands
206# whaling station at Deception I 1912/1931
207# scientific station from 1943;
208# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
209# and a garrison was deployed briefly
210#
211# year-round bases
212# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
213# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06
214# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
215
216# Uruguay - year round base
217# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
218
219# USA - year-round bases
220#
221# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
222#
223# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
224# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
225# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
226# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
227# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
228# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
229#
230# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
231Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - ___ 1965
232 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
233 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
234 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
235#
236#
237# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956
238# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
239Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - ___ 1956
240 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
241#
242# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23
243# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
244# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
245# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
246#
247# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
248# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
249# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
250# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
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