Jang Bogo Station
Antarctic base
South Korean Jang Bogo Station seen from a ridge south of it in January 2017
Jang Bogo Station Location of Jang Bogo Station inAntarctica
Coordinates:74°37′26″S164°13′44″E / 74.624015°S 164.228815°E /-74.624015; 164.228815
Country	South Korea
Location in Antarctica	Terra Nova Bay Ross Sea
Administered by	Korea Polar Research Institute
Established	February 2014 (2014-2)
Elevation [1]	36.6 m (120.1 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Summer	62
• Winter	23
UN/LOCODE	AQ JBS
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	Climate change
Website	Korea Polar Research Institute

TheJang Bogo Station inTerra Nova Bay,Antarctica is a permanentSouth Korean research station. It is the second base of South Korean Antarctic research mission (afterKing Sejong Station), and the first that is located in mainland Antarctica. Completed in February 2014,^[2] the station houses 23 people in winter and 62 in summer^[1] in a 4000 square-metre building with three wings, and is one of the larger permanent bases in Antarctica.

The base, named after aneighth-century maritime ruler of Korea, is located in theRoss Dependency and near theZucchelli Station of Italy. It was built byHyundai Engineering and Construction, with material shipped fromBusan toLyttelton,New Zealand for transfer to the new Korean icebreaker, theRS Araon. For aeronautic operations such as the transport of personnel or cargo, the base is supported by the Italian Antarctic Program using the ice runway operated byZucchelli Station in Tethys Bay.

Jang Bogo Station opened on 12 February 2014.^[3][4] A dedication ceremony was held for it by theMinistry of Oceans and Fisheries.

• Research stations in Antarctica
• List of Antarctic field camps
• King Sejong Station, the first South Korean research mission in Antarctica, completed in 1988.

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