Halley Research Station

Summary

Halley Research Station is an Antarctic research station^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of antarctic_research_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Halley Research Station is located in Antarctic Treaty area^[3].
• Halley Research Station is located in Brunt Ice Shelf^[4].
• Halley Research Station's image is recorded as Halley VI Antarctic Research Station - view from North East.jpg^[5].
• Halley Research Station's image is recorded as NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons.jpg^[6].
• Halley Research Station's continent is recorded as Antarctica^[7].
• Halley Research Station's instance of is recorded as Antarctic research station^[8].
• Halley Research Station's owned by is recorded as British Antarctic Survey^[9].
• Halley Research Station's owned by is recorded as Natural Environment Research Council^[10].
• Halley Research Station's operator is recorded as British Antarctic Survey^[11].
• Edmond Halley is named after Halley Research Station^[12].
• Halley Research Station's main building contractor is recorded as Galliford Try^[13].
• Halley Research Station's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 70146332846718730707^[14].
• Halley Research Station's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2016019848^[15].
• Halley Research Station's has use is recorded as year-round Antarctic facility^[16].
• Halley Research Station's Commons category is recorded as Halley Station^[17].
• Halley Research Station's located in time zone is recorded as Antarctica/Rothera^[18].
• Halley Research Station's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20043694^[19].
• Halley Research Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -75.57349, 'lon': -25.46696}^[20].
• Halley Research Station's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ylfn^[21].
• Halley Research Station's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Brunt Ice Shelf^[22].
• Halley Research Station's GNIS Antarctica ID is recorded as 19083^[23].
• Halley Research Station's official website is recorded as https://www.bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/sites-and-facilities/facility/halley/^[24].
• Halley Research Station's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6620756^[25].
• Halley Research Station's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3b64d152-2bfc-4231-b50b-5f0822e3731c^[26].
• Halley Research Station's date of official opening is recorded as +2013-02-05T00:00:00Z^[27].

Body

Operations

Halley Research Station's operator is recorded as British Antarctic Survey^[11].

Ownership

Owners include British Antarctic Survey^[9], a government organization^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1962^[30], headquartered in Cambridge^[31] and Natural Environment Research Council^[10], a non-departmental public body^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1965^[34], headquartered in Polaris House^[35].

Why It Matters

Halley Research Station ranks in the top 9% of antarctic_research_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]