Novolazarevskaya Station
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Novolazarevskaya Station is a Russia
n, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis
, Queen Maud Land
, 75 km 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 has an airstrip 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 Novolazarevsklaya personnel.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis
Schirmacher Oasis
The Schirmacher Oasis is a 25 km long and up to 3 km wide ice-free plateau with more than 100 fresh water lakes. It is situated in the Schirmacher Hills on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica, and is on average 100 metres above sea level...
, Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
, 75 km from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is part of western Riiser-Larsen Sea and is about 50 nautical miles long. First photographed from the air and mapped by the German Antarctic...
. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.
Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010 GLONASS
GLONASS
GLONASS , acronym for Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System, is a radio-based satellite navigation system operated for the Russian government by the Russian Space Forces...
differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevsklaya personnel.