Shirreff Base | |
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| Holt Watters Field Camp | |
 The original Cape Shirreff research station with the Chilean facilities on the left and the US ones on the right | |
  Shirreff Base Location of Shirreff Base inAntarctica | |
| Coordinates:62°28′12″S60°46′17″W / 62.46994°S 60.77136°W /-62.46994; -60.77136 | |
| Country |  United States |
| Location in Antarctica | Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula Livingston Island South Shetland Islands Antarctica |
| Established | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) |
| Population | |
| • Summer | 6 |
| • Winter | 0 |
| Type | Seasonal |
| Period | Summer |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | Pinniped monitoring |
Shirreff Base (original nameCape Shirreff Field Station)[1] is a seasonal field station in the Southern Ocean operated by the U.S.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and opened in 1996. It is situated on the east side ofCape Shirreff onIoannes Paulus II Peninsula onLivingston Island in theSouth Shetland Islands off the Antarctic peninsula.
In January 2023 as the station was being rebuilt, it was renamed theHolt Watters Field Camp recognizing directors Rennie Holt and George Watters of NOAA's Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (AERD).[2]
It is adjacent to the Chilean base calledDoctor Guillermo Mann.
The base is located 1.58 km southeast of Cape Shirreff and 3.32 km west-northwest ofBlack Point (detailed Chilean mapping in 2004. Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"Shirreff Base".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. 
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