1# @(#)antarctica 7.25 |
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"> --- 75 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 |
94 95# Chile - year-round bases and towns 96# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 |
97# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 98# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 99# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 100# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, 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, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 105# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, 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 --- 26 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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, -7039-00815 |
149 150# India - year-round base |
151# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 |
152 153# Japan - year-round bases |
154# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 155# Syowa, -690022+0393524 |
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. |
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, -6213-05847, 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# --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 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, -6740+04551, 206# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 |
207# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 208# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 209 210# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 211# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 212# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: 213# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 214# time as Moscow, Russia. --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 230# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 231# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 232# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 233# 234Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 235 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 236 237# S Africa - year-round bases |
238# Marion Island, -4653+03752 239# Sanae, -7141-00250 |
240 241# UK 242# 243# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 244# South Orkney Islands 245# scientific station from 1903 246# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 247# South Shetland Islands --- 18 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 266 267# Uruguay - year round base 268# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 269 270# USA - year-round bases 271# 272# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 273# |
274# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): |
275# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 276# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 277# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 278# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 279# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 280# 281# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 282Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 --- 37 unchanged lines hidden --- |