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Petrel Station
Base Petrel | |
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  Petrel Station Location of Petrel Base in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 63°28′41″S 56°13′44″W / 63.477947°S 56.228753°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Location in Antarctica | Dundee Island Joinville Group Graham Land Antarctica |
| Established | 22 February 1967 |
| Named for | Petrel / Procellariidae |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Summer | 25 |
| • Winter | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | Geology |
Petrel Skiway | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Serves | Petrel Base | ||||||||||
| Location | Dundee Island | ||||||||||
| Time zone | (-4) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 15 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 63°28′44″S 56°13′53″W / 63.478971°S 56.231277°W | ||||||||||
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  Petrel Skiway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
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The Petrel Base (Spanish: Base Petrel) is a non-permanent Argentine scientific station located on Dundee Island, in the Joinville Group, in Graham Land, part of the Argentinian claim on Antarctica.
