Coordinates64.77°S 64.05°W
United States Antarctic Program
Location
Palmer Station is located at 64°46' S, 64°03' W, on a protected harbor on the southwestern coast of Anvers Island off the Antarctica Peninsula. Palmer is the only U.S. Antarctic station north of the Antarctic Circle.
Research
Palmer Station is located for biological studies of birds, seals, and other components of the marine ecosystem. It has a large and extensively equipped laboratory and sea water aquaria. Ocean and climate systems, aeronomy and astrophysics, glaciology, organisms and ecosystems also have been pursued at and around Palmer.
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