Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme
O'Higgins Station | |
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| Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme | |
The Chilean base Bernardo O'Higgins Station | |
Location of O'Higgins Station in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 63°19′15″S 57°53′59″W / 63.320951°S 57.899781°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Location in Antarctica | Cape Legoupil Trinity Peninsula |
| Administered by | Chilean Army |
| Established | 18 February 1948 |
| Named after | Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Summer | 52 |
| • Winter | 24 |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ OHG |
| Type | All-year round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, also Base Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, or shortly Bernardo O'Higgins, named after Bernardo O'Higgins, is a permanently staffed Chilean research station in Antarctica and the capital of Antártica Commune. It lies at an elevation of 13 m, about 30 km south-west of Prime Head, the northernmost point of the Antarctic Peninsula, at Cape Legoupil.