González Videla Antarctic Base
Waterboat Point, (unassigned), Antarctica
AQ-0003 is the ICAO airport code for González Videla Antarctic Base, located in Waterboat Point, Antarctica. The airport is classified as a Closed Airport. It operates in the America/Argentina/Ushuaia timezone at an elevation of 1 ft (0 m) above sea level.
About González Videla Antarctic Base
Wikipedia ↗González Videla Base is an inactive research station on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay. It is named after Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica. The station was active from 1951–58, and was reopened briefly in the early 1980s. Occasional summer visits are made by Chilean parties and tourists.
Location
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- ICAO Code
- AQ-0003
- Type
- Closed Airport
- City
- Waterboat Point
- Country
- Antarctica
- Region
- (unassigned)
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Ushuaia
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 1 ft (0 m)
- Coordinates
- 64.8240°S, 62.8570°W