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UK flag Station Y / Horseshoe Island UK flag

Latitude : 67°49 S
Longitude : 67°18 W Logo Google Earth

Time : UTC -3

Station Y - Horseshoe was established in the 1950's on Horseshoe Island.

Studies activities were survey, geology and meteorology.

Closed in 1960 when personnel transferred to Stonington Island (Station E) then reopened briefly in 1969 to complete local survey work.
The site cleaned up by BAS March 1995. Designated as Historic Site No. 63 under the Antarctic Treaty. .

Credits : Information by British Antarctic Survey. Pictures by Alain Bidart and miscellaneous.
Music : The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - 1979 / 1995