Maldonado Base, Guayaquil Bay, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarcticai
Regional Level Types | |
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Maldonado Base | - not defined - |
Guayaquil Bay | Bay |
Greenwich Island | Island |
South Shetland Islands | Group of Islands |
Antarctic Peninsula | Peninsula |
Western Antarctica | Region |
Antarctica | Continent |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 26' 57'' South , 59° 44' 29'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
266056
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:266056:4
GUID (UUID V4):
e7fc1bdc-0a22-442f-9edd-383429d18a88
Name(s) in local language(s):
Base Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Bahía de Guayaquil, Isla Greenwich, Islas Shetland del Sur, Península Antártica, Antártida occidental , Antártida
Maldonado Base, also Pedro Vicente Maldonado Base, is the Ecuadorian Antarctic research base situated at Guayaquil Bay, Greenwich Island. It is located in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It opened in 1990.
The base is named after the Spanish-American astronomer, topographer, and geographer Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748) born in Riobamba, present Ecuador (Wikipedia).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Colour: Dark green References: |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Colour: rust-red References: |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Habit: prismatic Colour: white and colorless References: |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 Habit: Massive. Colour: colorless, white and gray, References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Other Databases
Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldonado_Base |
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Wikidata ID: | Q2317027 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Antarctic MeteoritesGroup of Meteorite Fall Locations
Shetland PlateTectonic Plate
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