III. Station Openings
Section III of the 2004-2005 season plans lists the names, locations, and opening dates of the Party's bases and subsidiary stations established in the Antarctic Treaty Area, and whether they are for summer and/or winter operations.
Year Round Stations
McMurdo Station
Location: Hut Point Peninsula on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound
77° 55'S Latitude
166° 39'E LongitudeAnnual Relief: 5 October 2004
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Location: 90° 00'S Latitude Annual Relief: 23 October 2004
Palmer Station
Location: Anvers Island near Bonaparte Point
64° 46'S Latitude
64° 05'W LongitudeAnnual Relief: 29 September 2004
Austral Summer Camps
Siple Dome Camp
Location: 81° 39'S Latitude
149° 04'W LongitudeOpen: 05 November 2004 Close: 28 January 2005
Byrd Camp
Location: 80° 05'S Latitude
119° 32'W LongitudeOpen: 25 October 2004 Close: 21 January 2005 (approximate)
Thwaites Glacier Camp
Location: 78° 18' S Latitude
118° 0' E LongitudeOpen: 02 November 2004 Close: 15 January 2005 (approximate)
Odell Glacier
Location: 76° 37' S Latitude
160° 03'E LongitudeOpen: 12 November 2004 Close: 01 January 2005
Taylor Dome
Location: Location: 77 ° 47' S Latitude
158° 45' E LongitudeOpen: 15 November 2004 Close: 28 November 2004
Lake Hoare
Location: 76° 38' S Latitude
162° 57'E LongitudeOpen: 11 October 2004 Close: 03 February 2005
Lake Bonney Camp
Location: 77° 42' S Latitude
162° 27'E LongitudeOpen: 12 October 2004 Close: 01 February 2005
Lake Fryxell
Location: 77° 36' S Latitude
163° 07'E LongitudeOpen: 13 October 2004 Close: 03 February 2005
F6 Camp
Location: 77° 21' S Latitude
163° 09' E LongitudeOpen: 13 October 2004 Close: 02 February 2005
Copacabana, King George Island
Location: 62° 10' S Latitude
58° 28' W LongitudeOpen: 11 October 2004 Close: 06 March 2005
Cape Shirreff Field Station, Livingston Island
Location: 62° 28 'S Latitude
60° 47'W LongitudeOpen: 10 November 2004 Close: 08 March 2005
Vega Island Camp
Location: 63° 54 'S Latitude
57° 37' W LongitudeOpen: 04 December 2004 Close: 24 December 2004