Asuka Station (Antarctica)

Asuka Station

あすか基地
Asuka Observation Base (until 2004)
Asuka Station あすか基地 Asuka Observation Base (until 2004)
Antarctic research station
	Asuka Station Location in Antarctica
	Coordinates: 71°31′18″S 24°08′12″E / 71.5217°S 24.1367°E
Region	Queen Maud Land
Location	Near Mount Romnaes
Established	26 March 1985
Closed	January 1992
Named for	Asuka, Yamato
Government
• Type	Administration
• Body	NIPR, Japan
Active times	Every summer
Website	nipr.ac.jp

The Asuka Station (Japanese: あすか基地, Hepburn: Asuka Kichi) is a permanent Japanese Antarctic unmanned observation base. It is located on Queen Maud Land and was opened in 1985.^[2] The station closed in January 1992 and is listed as temporarily closed as of 2015. It is currently under snow.^[3]

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^ "Asuka Camp". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ National Institute of Polar Research
^ "Asuka Station, WAP JPN-Ø1". World Antarctic Program. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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[1] "Asuka Camp". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[asuka-2] National Institute of Polar Research

[wap-3] "Asuka Station, WAP JPN-Ø1". World Antarctic Program. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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