Bellingshausen Station

Bellingshausen Station (Russian: станция Беллинсгаузен) is a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbour, on King George Island of the South Shetland Islands.

[2] It is antipodal to a location in Russian Siberia, ~400 kilometres (250 mi) west from Yakutsk.

The station is named for the 19th-century Russian explorer of the Antarctic Fabian von Bellingshausen.

[3] The Antarctic Peninsula and its nearby islands are considered to have the mildest living conditions in Antarctica.

Bellingshausen Station's climate is strongly influenced by the surrounding ocean.

Location of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.