Summary
Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km (47 mi) from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by Lazarev Ice Shelf. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.
Novolazarevskaya Station
Новолазаревская | |
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 Novolazarevskaya station in 2006 | |
  Novolazarevskaya Station Location of Novolazarevskaya Station in Antarctica | |
| Coordinates: 70°46′37″S 11°49′26″E / 70.776944°S 11.823889°E | |
| Country |  Soviet Union (formerly) Russia |
| Location in Antarctica | Schirmacher Oasis Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
| Administered by | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
| Established | 18 January 1961 |
| Elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Summer | 70 |
| • Winter | 40 |
| UN/LOCODE | AQ NOV |
| Type | All-year round |
| Period | Annual |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Website | www.aari.nw.ru |
Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip (ICAO:AT17) that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010 GLONASS differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevskaya personnel.
Novolazarevskaya is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east of India's Maitri research station.
Climate edit
| Climate data for Novolazarevskaya Station | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−7.4 (18.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−20.4 (−4.7) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) |
2.7 (0.11) |
8.9 (0.35) |
14.5 (0.57) |
29.0 (1.14) |
34.6 (1.36) |
34.7 (1.37) |
36.3 (1.43) |
33.1 (1.30) |
24.8 (0.98) |
10.8 (0.43) |
5.8 (0.23) |
237.7 (9.37) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56.3 | 49.6 | 48.2 | 46.9 | 48.9 | 50.4 | 49.3 | 49.9 | 48.0 | 49.5 | 52.3 | 57.0 | 50.5 |
| Source: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute[2] | |||||||||||||
Novo Runway edit
Novo Runway | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Novolazarevskaya and Maitri | ||||||||||
| Location | Dronning Maud Land | ||||||||||
| Opened | April 6, 2014 | ||||||||||
| Time zone | (+3.30) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°49′17″S 11°38′36″E / 70.821517°S 11.643345°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  Novo Runway Location of airfield in Antarctica | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
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The Novo runway is a blue ice runway, located 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and Maitri.
Famous Appendectomy edit
Novolazarevskaya Staation is the site of perhaps the most famous surgery to remove an appendix ever undertaken. In April 1961, Dr Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, the 27-year-old Soviet surgeon, performed an appendectomy on himself after developing acute appendicitis.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Antarctic Station Catalogue (PDF) (catalogue). Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. August 2017. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-473-40409-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Novolazarevskaya Station (89512)" (PDF). AARI. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Novolazarevskaya". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
External links edit
- Official website Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute[permanent dead link]
- AARI Novolazarevskaya Station Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- GLONASS reference station was built in Novolazarevskaya Station[permanent dead link]
- COMNAP • Antarctic facilities [dead link]
- COMNAP • Antarctic facilities map
