Location
Position Lat. 63° 33′ S, Long. 57° 21′ W
General location: Duse Bay, Trinity Peninsula
Purpose
Survey, geology and meteorology.
Occupied
Intermittently 3 June 1953 – 25 November 1963.
Established as a satellite base for Hope Bay (Station D).
Buildings
Site selected 8 Feb 1953, foundations of first hut laid 3 June 1953. A second hut was erected on 20 Mar 1956 and called Seal-catcher’s Arms or View Point Hut.
Current status
Transferred to Chile on 29 July 1996 and renamed General Ramon Canas Montalva. Inspected for BAS by a conservation architect in Jan 2007.
For full listing of all station histories, see History of British stations and refuges.
