page_title: Vernadsky Research Base
hierarchical_section_title: Vernadsky Research Base
caption_attribution_description: English: Vernadsky Station (Ukraine) research base in January 2014
context_page_description: The Vernadsky Research Base is a Ukrainian Antarctic Station located at Marina Point on Galindez Island of Argentine Islands, not far from Kiev Peninsula. The region is under territorial claim between three countries. The single Ukrainian Antarctic station is named after Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky who was the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
  Before being handed over to Ukraine in 1996, the research base for almost half of century existed as a British research base.
  Coordination and operational administration of the base is conducted by the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine which is part of Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine.
  The closest neighboring Antarctic stations are Palmer Station of the United States and Yelcho Base of Chile, reopened in 2015.
context_section_description: The Vernadsky Research Base (Ukrainian: Антарктична станція Академік Вернадський) is a Ukrainian Antarctic Station located at Marina Point on Galindez Island of Argentine Islands, not far from Kiev Peninsula. The region is under territorial claim between three countries (more Territorial claims in Antarctica). The single Ukrainian Antarctic station is named after Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945) who was the first president of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
  Before being handed over to Ukraine in 1996, the research base for almost half of century existed as a British research base.
  Coordination and operational administration of the base is conducted by the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine which is part of Ministry of Education and Sciences of Ukraine.
  The closest neighboring Antarctic stations are Palmer Station of the United States and Yelcho Base of Chile, reopened in 2015.
caption: Vernadsky Station research base in January 2014
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