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East Base

oldest American research station in Antarctica, located on Stonington Island
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East Base

Summary

East Base is an Antarctic research station[1]. It draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (antarctic_research_station category, ranking #46 of 117).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Base is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • East Base is on the continent of Antarctica[4].
  • East Base's instance of is recorded as Antarctic research station[5].
  • East Base is operated by United States Antarctic Service Expedition[6].
  • East Base is operated by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition[7].
  • East Base's Commons category is recorded as East Base, Stonington Island[8].
  • 1939 marks the founding of East Base[9].
  • East Base's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -68.18388889, 'lon': -66.99805556}[10].
  • East Base's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Stonington Island[11].

Body

Founding

1939 marks the founding of East Base[9].

Operations

Operators include United States Antarctic Service Expedition[6] and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition[7].

Why It Matters

East Base draws 35 Wikipedia views per month (antarctic_research_station category, ranking #46 of 117).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/east-base/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn and"
  2. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antarctic Treaty area
    Coordinate location → {'lat': -68.18388889, 'lon': -66.99805556}
    Instance of → Antarctic research station
    Coordinates → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q10372207]], fix redirect [[Q21590062]] → [[Q10372207]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bf164d4e5ee1|details]])"
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