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Gabriel de Castilla Station
Research station · Spain · seasonal
Gabriel de Castilla Station is a station run by Spain, established in 1990. It sits at 62°59'S 60°41'W, 3,005 km from the South Pole, and is open in the summer season only. At peak it holds 36 people. While it is open it is the nearest human presence to 11 km² of ice; in winter that ice falls to whichever station stays open. How far it is from anybody →
OperatorSpain
TypeStation
SeasonalitySeasonal
StatusOpen
Established1990
Peak population36 people
Elevation15 m
RegionAntarctic Peninsula
Position62°59'S 60°41'W
Decimal-62.9772, -60.6757
Distance to pole3,005 km
Ice it is nearest to11 km²
Nearest stations
Great-circle distance. Antarctic logistics run on proximity — these are the neighbours a station shares weather, flights and emergencies with.
Nearest penguin colonies
Known breeding sites within reach. Locations only — no counts. Estimating colony size from satellite imagery does not yet work, so this site publishes no abundance figures.
Gabriel de Castilla Station in Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031). Rings are 60°, 70° and 80°S.
Within 20 km. Orange dots are stations, blue are penguin colonies. North points at the pole.