Station Y / Horseshoe Island
Latitude : 67°49 SLongitude : 67°18 W
Time : UTC -3
Station Y - Horseshoe Island also known as Marguerite Bay Station which was opened in March 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and closed in August 1960 but briefly reoccupied in 1969.
Scientific researches carried out at the station were topographic survey, geology, geophysics and meteorology.
The normal occupancy was 5 to 10 people with mechanic, radio operator, doctor, geologist, meteorologist, general assistants and the activities of the station were transferred to Stonington Island (Station E).
Later the station was designated as Historic Site number 63 by the secretary of the Antarctic Treaty.
Credits : Information by
British Antarctic Survey. Pictures by Mehdi Escoffier
F5PFP, Alain Bidart and miscellaneous.
Music : The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - 1979 / 1995
Music : The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - 1979 / 1995