Macquarie Island Station
Macquarie Island Station | |
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Subantarctic base | |
Macquarie Island Isthmus, looking south from the summit of Wireless Hill, overlooking the research station | |
| Nickname: Macca | |
Location of Macquarie Island Station, relative to Australia and New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 54°29′56″S 158°56′20″E / 54.498889°S 158.938889°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Tasmania |
| LGA | Huon Valley Council |
| Administered by | Australian Antarctic Division |
| Established | 1911 |
| Named after | Lachlan Macquarie |
| Population | |
| • Summer | 40 |
| • Winter | 16 |
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11:00 (AEDT) |
| UN/LOCODE | AU MQI |
| Active times | All year-round |
| Status | Operational |
| Activities | List
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| Facilities | List
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| Website | antarctica.gov.au |
The Macquarie Island Station, commonly called Macca, is a permanent Australian subantarctic research base on Macquarie Island, situated in the Southern Ocean and located approximately halfway between Mainland Australia and Antarctica, managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). The station lies at the base of Wireless Hill, between two bays on the isthmus at the northern end of the island.
The island and its surrounding waters are administered as a nature reserve by the Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service. In 1997, the island was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a site of major geoconservation significance, being the only place on Earth where rocks from the Earth's mantle are actively exposed above sea-level.