Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo

Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo (Portuguese: Refúgio Pe. Balduíno Rambo) was a Brazilian Antarctic summer installation named after the botanist Father Balduíno Rambo. Located on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, it depended both logistically and administratively on Comandante Ferraz; it was dismantled in 2004.

Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo
Refúgio Pe. Balduíno Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo is located in Antarctica
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo
Refuge Pe. Balduino Rambo, King George Island
Coordinates: Maps 62°05′43″S 58°34′31″W / 62.0953°S 58.5753°W / -62.0953; -58.5753
Country Brazil
TerritoryBrazilian Antarctica
Established1985
Dismantled2004
Population
 • Total
6
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
Websitewww.mar.mil.br/secirm/proantar.htm

Established in the summer of 1985, it could accommodate up to 6 scientists for up to 40 days.[1]

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  1. ^ XXIII RAPAL (2002). Programa Antártico Brasileiro. Dirección Nacional del Antártico - Instituto Antártico Argentino. p. 3.