Abrazo de Maipú
Antarctic Refuge
Location of Abrazo de Maipú in Antarctica
Location of Abrazo de Maipú in Antarctica
Abrazo de Maipú
Location of Abrazo de Maipú in Antarctica
Coordinates: 63°23′17″S 57°34′58″W / 63.387967°S 57.582667°W / -63.387967; -57.582667[1]
Country Chile
 Argentina
Location in AntarcticaTrinity Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
Administered byChilean Army
Argentine Army
Established1967 (1967)
Closed2010
TypeSeasonal
StatusClosed

Abrazo de Maipú is a refuge located on the Trinity Peninsula of the Antarctic Peninsula.

It was built for the first time on September 7, 1967, by Argentina and subsequently destroyed. The refuge, rebuilt in July 2003, is a container fitted with kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms, accommodating 8.[2] Its aim was to guarantee and facilitate rescue, scientific and patrolling activities carried out jointly by the personnel of O'Higgins Base and Esperanza Base. It was managed jointly by the Chilean Army and the Argentine Army.

Its name, which means "the Maipú embrace", commemorates a meeting in which Argentine general José de San Martín and Chilean general Bernardo O'Higgins embraced in 1818 after winning the Battle of Maipú, a key event in the independence of Chile.

On September 28, 2005 three Chilean soldiers died falling into a crevasse. They were moved from the Abrazo de Maipú refuge to the O'Higgins Base.[3] The Refuge was closed in 2010.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About COMNAP". Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Operational Information - Stations". Chile - Permanent Information. Electronic Information Exchange System of the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "La historia oculta de negligencias tras tragedia de la Antártica" [The hidden story of negligence around the Antarctic tragedy]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 2 February 2006.


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