page_title: Base Aérea Teniente Benjamín Matienzo
hierarchical_section_title: Base Aérea Teniente Benjamín Matienzo
caption_attribution_description: Base Matienzo, Antarctica
context_page_description: Matienzo Base is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Lieutenant Benjamín Matienzo, an Argentine aviation pioneer. It is located in Larsen Nunatak, one of the Foca Nunataks, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
  As of 2014 Matienzo is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina.
  From 1961 to 1985 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.
context_section_description: Matienzo Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Teniente Benjamín Matienzo, or more often Base Matienzo or Estación Matienzo) is an Argentine Antarctic base and scientific research station named after Lieutenant Benjamín Matienzo, an Argentine aviation pioneer. It is located in Larsen Nunatak, one of the Foca Nunataks, in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.
  As of 2014 Matienzo is one of 13 research bases in Antarctica operated by Argentina. 
  From 1961 to 1985 it served as a permanent base; since then it is open during the summer season only.
caption: Matienzo from the air, austral autumn of 2009
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