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Site of the Bahia Paraiso shipwreck. Starboard hull actually rises above the waterline at low tide.

Bahia Paraiso Wreck

64,49'S 63,49'W Named by the British Antarctic Survey in the 1950s in honor of John Biscoe, who may ...

The Bismarck Strait is a channel between the southern end of Anvers and Wiencke Islands and the Wilhelm ...

Bismarck Strait

The Palmer Station Safe Boating Map defines the area of operations accessible by the Zodiac fleet from Palmer ...

Bonaparte Point

No fire suppression, ha!

Christine Island

Restricted under the ASMA from October 1 to April 15 to protect ??? Abbreviated COR Not to be ...

Cormorant Island

Cylinder Storage

Dead Seal Rocks

Eichorst Island

A cluster of three small islands favored by elephant seals, located upwind of Palmer Station... adds a lovely ...

Fuel Pump House houses all our pumps and valves for Main and Redudant Fuel Tanks.

So much to write about these damn things. Fuel Pumphouse. Main Fuel Tank Redundant Fuel Tank (and the ...

Glass Crusher smashes all the glass! Dust distributed into the ocean off the deck of the ARSV Laurence ...

Hellermen Rocks

Named after the original Hero, a 125-ft wooden sail boat that served as the original research and supply ...

Closed for safety... dangerous rocks and currents... all year round. Abbreviated JAC in notes.

Killer Whale Rocks is a rocky shoal near DeLaca Island and Split Rock. Continuously cresting waves.

Killer Whale Rocks

Limitrophe Island

Litchfield Island

A tiny rock on the way to Biscoe Point. Not sure why it's named, exactly!

No longer a cove, in the traditional sense, now that the glacier has receded to open a passage ...

Macerator House

The Mash and Grind doesn't really grind per se... it's the trash compacting area just outside BIO LAB. ...

Describes the area on Amsler Island around the first site of Palmer Station, now known as Old P. ...

No restrictions, but it does lay outside our boating limits and therefore is not regularly visited. Do we ...

Outcast Islands

List of pages tagged "island" See also Boating Map.

Palmer Area Islands

The Palmer Dump was the trash heap from the days of Navy Seabees. Covered a large area at ...

"Pancake ice is a form of ice that consists of round pieces of ice with diameters ranging from ...

A small beach on the far side of the flagged-safe area of the glacier in The Backyard. Briefly ...

On 16 August 1897, Belgica departed Antwerp, Belgium for the Antarctic, with a crew of 23 led by ...

Vessel by which we transit it Palmer Station in addition to a research vessel.

RV Laurence M. Gould

Seawater Pumphouse

Not officially named (yet!). Cove in Amsler Island that was revealed by the retreat of the glacier.

Sheathbill Cove

So far, two Sheathbill nests on within station. Not commonly nesting in the area. Feeding from The Outfall. ...

Sheathbill Nests

Shortcut Island

Restricted under ASMA from 1 October to 15 April. Abbreviated SHP. Barely extends beyond the glacier safety line.

The South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. An older name ...

South Polar Skua

A tiny island so near Janus Island that it is often considered part of the island. Only appears ...

At the outermost edge of the Boating Limits.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/our_history/stations_and_refuges/anvers_island.php What the link doesn't tell you is that it burnt down in 1993.

Restricted under ASMA from 1 October to 15 April. Abbreviated STE. Has an emergency cache.

Stepping Stones

The Backyard is the area behind Palmer Station, between Terra Lab and the Marr Ice Piedmont. Site of ...

Torgersen Island

Wauwerman Islands

Weather Stations

The Palmer Station Webcam is mounted on a tower overlooking the smallest of the United States Antarctic stations, ...

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