Dumont d'Urville Station

Dumont d'Urville Station
Administrative centre and Antarctic base
Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville
Dumont d'Urville Station
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Dumont d'Urville Station Location of Dumont d'Urville Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 66°39′46″S 140°00′04″E / 66.662778°S 140.001111°E / -66.662778; 140.001111
Country	France
Province	Archipelago of Pointe-Géologie
Location in Antarctica	Adélie Land
Administered by	French Polar Institute
Established	12 January 1956 (1956-01-12)
Named for	Jules Dumont d'Urville
Elevation [1]	42 m (138 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Winter	24
UN/LOCODE	AQ DDU
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	List Atmospheric chemistry Geophysics Ornithology Zoology
Website	www.institut-polaire.fr (in French)

D10 Skiway
IATA: none ICAO: AT04
Summary
Airport type	Private
Location	Dumont d'Urville Station
Elevation AMSL	662 ft / 202 m
Coordinates	66°42′01″S 139°49′41″E / 66.700415°S 139.828186°E / -66.700415; 139.828186
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D10 Skiway Location of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 317 97 Ice
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The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base antarctique Dumont-d'Urville) is a French scientific station in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe-Géologie in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, whose expedition landed on Débarquement Rock in the Dumoulin Islands at the northeast end of the archipelago on January 21, 1840. It is operated by the "French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor", a joint operation of French public and para-public agencies. It is the administrative centre of Adélie Land.