Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)

Zhongshan Station
中山站
Zhongshan Station in 2007
Zhongshan Station
Location of Zhongshan Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 69°22′25″S 76°22′18″E / 69.373587°S 76.371652°E / -69.373587; 76.371652
Country China
Location in AntarcticaLarsemann Hills
Prydz Bay
East Antarctica
Administered byPolar Research Institute of China
Established26 February 1989 (1989-02-26)
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Summer
60
  Winter
17
UN/LOCODEAQ ZGN
TypeAll-year round
PeriodAnnual
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Glaciology
  • Geology
WebsiteChinese Arctic and Antarctic

Zhongshan Station (Chinese: 中山站; pinyin: Zhōngshān Zhàn) is the second Chinese research station in Antarctica and was opened on February 26, 1989.