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Fixed Wing Landing Sites 40° W 20° W 0° 20° E 40° E AGAP Inset GM05 N215 N206 N198 GM04 N190 N182 AGAP North P116 P090 N173 P108 P071 N165 P080 N159 GM03 N148 AGO4 (N140) GM02 GM01 N132 N124 0 50 100 200 300 400 Miles 60° S 60° S Bruce Plateau GM07 (Dome F) Rothera GM06 AGO3 Sky Blu Cordiner Peak AGO2 LDB BESS Camp Winter AGAP North cutdown (Norwegian 2008 Pecora Traverse)^_ Escarpment AGAP SOUTH #* Theil ^_ / P061 Mtns South (AGAP) Pole Bennett PIG AWS Cresis Traverse ( Nunatak Davis-Ward Site planned) Nunataks G Seism^_ic Up #* #* ^_ Seismic Down WAIS #* AGO1 Beardmore Divide Byrd Camp Iggy tive) C.T. (tenta Ridge Elaine AGO5 ^_ Lonewolf Siple Deverall Nunatak Dome Island Cape Marilyn Selborne Roosevelt Roadend Island Nunatak Mt Paterson Vito Emilia ^_ Odell McMurdo Glacier Cape #* Reynolds 60° S 60° S Transantarctic Mountains Inset Mt Howe Tango 1 La Gorce Cox's Mountains Mt Verlautz Erin Peak Mt Durham #* Scott Gl #* Larkman DownWIS #*Nunatak Middle Shackleton Gl Cape 0 95 190 380 570 760 Miles 0 20 40 80 120 160 Surprise Miles 140° W 160° W 180° 160° E 140° E FIXED WING LANDING SITES ANTARCTICA #* Fuel Caches Basler and Twin Otter Landing Sites ^_ LC 130 Landing Sites NOR-US IPY Traverse (approximate) RADARSAT 125m Eagle Traverse WGS 84 Polar Stereographic (Extended) South Pole & AGAP Traverse Scale 1:10,500,000 M. LaRue, AGIC, University of MN 2008 MAJOR LANDING SITES 2008-2009 Major Landing Sites (LC-130s and KBA) Site Latitude Longitude Designator Alpha Code AGAP South 84.50 S 77.35 E GPS G AGO 1 83.86 S 129.59 E AG1 A Beardmore Glacier 84.00 S 164.50 E BDM Y Davis-Ward Nunataks 85.67S 167.00E DWN V Long Duration Balloon TBD TBD LDB B McMurdo Station 77.85 S 166.67 E ZCM M Siple Dome 81.66 S 149.02 W SDM S South Pole Station 90.00 S 139 .27 E NPX P Tango 1 86.21S 136.57W TG1 T WAIS Divide 79.47 S 112.08 W WSD D All other Inland Camps INC N 12 DEEP FIELD LANDING SITES Twin Otter & Basler Deep Field Landing Sites Site Latitude Longitude Site Latitude Longitude Site Latitude Longitude AGAP North (estimated) -77.31000 76.93000 Cape Washington -74.65000 165.41667 GM02 (AGAP) -79.42990 97.53620 AGAP SOUTH / P061 (AGAP) -84.50000 77.35000 Clarke Mountains -77.34020 -141.87400 GM03 (AGAP) -80.08900 86.28210 AGO1 -83.83000 129.56000 Cordiner Peak -82.60000 -52.50000 GM04 (AGAP) -83.00000 61.00000 AGO2 -85.67417 -45.62267 Coulman Island -73.19000 169.47000 GM05 (AGAP) -80.55000 52.25000 AGO3 -82.75500 28.58900 Cox's Peak -86.50000 -153.50000 GM06 (AGAP) -78.50000 42.00000 AGO4 / N140 (AGAP) -82.00000 96.79000 Darwin Glacier -79.89430 158.68660 GM07 (AGAP) / Dome F -77.31000 39.70000 AGO5 -77.23542 123.50458 Davis-Ward Nunataks -85.66667 167.00000 Haag Nunatak -77.00000 -78.30000 AGO6 -69.51000 129.99000 Deverall Island -81.48000 161.98000 Hatherton Glacier -79.94643 157.19550 Backer Island -74.43000 -102.48000 Dome A -80.36700 77.37400 Henry -89.01100 -1.02500 Bear Peninsula -74.60000 -110.83000 Dome C -75.10000 123.40000 Howard Nunatak -77.52800 -77.52800 Beardmore -84.00000 164.50000 Dome F / GM07 (AGAP) -77.31000 39.70000 Ice Stream B -84.20000 -152.00000 Beaufort Island -76.93060 166.97220 DownWIS -84.46700 -152.50000 Iggy Ridge -83.30720 156.25000 Bennett Nunatak -84.77920 -116.50000 DuMont D'Urville (French) -66.66667 140.01667 La Gorce Mountains -86.55000 -148.08330 Bruce Plateau -66.00000 -64.00000 Elaine -83.13400 174.16900 La Paz 03 Camp -86.21000 -70.37400 Byrd Camp -80.01350 -119.57117 Emilia -78.50900 173.11400 La Paz 04 Camp -86.29117 -69.65420 Camp Winter (Norwegegian Trvs) -86.80167 54.41683 Erin -84.90333 -128.82833 Larkman Nunatak -85.77000 179.00000 Cape Colbeck -77.08333 157.61667 Executive Commitee Range -77.24580 -127.08000 Larkman Nunatak-Fuel Cache -85.69130 177.69400 Cape Hallett -72.44000 169.94000 Ford Ranges Skiway -77.21620 -142.74000 LDB BESS - cutdown site 08 -83.85380 -73.09120 Cape Reynolds -75.47000 162.45000 Fork (South Pole Trvs) -84.32990 169.40333 Lepley Nunatak -73.11000 -90.30000 Cape Selborne -80.43000 160.62000 Franklin Is -76.08300 168.31667 Lonewolf Nunatak -81.34590 152.73200 Cape Surprise -84.33830 178.04700 GM01 (AGAP) -84.00000 104.55000 Lower Thwaites Glacier -76.46950 -108.55800 13 Twin Otter & Basler Deep Field Landing Sites (continued) Site Latitude Longitude Site Latitude Longitude Site Latitude Longitude Marilyn -79.95400 165.13000 N173 (AGAP) -81.09710 77.35000 Seismic Down -76.46657 -108.55179 Mario Zucchelli Station (Italian) -74.69000 164.12000 N182 (AGAP) -80.73420 73.23260 Seismic Up -77.58309 -109.04534 Mary -79.30300 162.96800 N190 (AGAP) -80.32760 69.44460 Siple Dome -81.66400 -149.01750 McMurdo -77.84935 166.67088 N198 (AGAP) -79.88270 65.97730 Sky Blu -74.85000 -71.57000 Megadunes -80.78000 124.50000 N206 (AGAP) -79.40440 62.81380 Sout h Pole -90.00000 139.27000 Meyers Nunatak -74.90510 -98.75470 N215 (AGAP) -78.89720 59.93280 Tango 1 (South Pole Trvs) -86.21033 -136.56862 Middle Shackleton Glacier -85.20650 -175.61633 Nico -89.00000 89.66900 Taylor Dome -77.80000 158.73333 Midpoint C -75.54000 145.81667 Odell Glacier -76.66000 159.95000 Theil Mountains -85.25000 -91.00000 Miller Range -83.29550 156.26533 P071 (AGAP) -83.64000 77.35000 Thurston Island -72.53000 -97.56000 Mt Carbone -76.32000 -144.32000 P080 (AGAP) -82.79000 77.35000 Thwaites/Cresis Camp -75.84500 -108.52200 Mt Durham -85.56000 -151.20000 P090 (AGAP) -81.93000 77.35000 Toney Mountain -75.80210 -114.66500 Mt Howe -87.37000 -149.50300 P108 (AGAP) -80.36000 77.35000 Upper Thwaites Glacier -77.58580 -109.04400 Mt Paterson -78.03000 -155.02300 P116 (AGAP) -79.59000 77.35000 Vito -78.50900 177.74600 Mt Takahe -76.30000 -112.37000 Patriot Hills -80.27000 -81.27000 WAIS Divide -79.47480 -112.07530 Mt Verlautz -86.77000 -153.00000 Pecora Escarpment -85.61190 -68.55640 Whichaway Nunataks -81.55000 -28.50000 N124 (AGAP) -82.07410 107.64130 PIG AWS Site -75.19330 -101.76600 Whitmore Mountains -82.58000 -104.50000 N132 (AGAP) -82.07510 101.95390 PIG Shelf -76.00000 -100.00000 Wilson Nunatak -80.03980 -80.55790 N140 (AGAP) / AGO4 / -82.00000 96.79000 Roadend Nunatak -79.78510 157.87600 Zhongshan Station (Chinese Trvs) -69.36667 76.38333 N148 (AGAP) -81.86700 91.56250 Roosevelt Island -79.35000 -160.32000 N159 (AGAP) -81.66900 86.54390 Rothera -67.56667 -68.13330 N165 (AGAP) -81.41060 81.79350 Scott Glacier Fuel Cache -85.56283 -154.95850 14 Dry Valleys, 77.30 S, 162.00 E, 50 nautical miles from McMurdo Station Each year numerous groups conduct research throughout the Dry Valleys. Two resident staff will operate the main base camp at Lake Hoare primarily to support the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) projects. The Dry Valley camp staff also have oversight of the Lake Bonney, Lake Fryxell, and F6 field camps. Other groups will operate from small tent camps throughout the region. Marble Point, 77.41 S, 163.67, 46 nautical miles form McMurdo Station Two resident staff and a fuels operator maintain the Marble Point Field camp. Siple Dome, 81.39 S, 149.04 W, 507 nautical miles from McMurdo Station Siple Dome with three resident staff will support two science projects. The projects will use Siple Dome as a staging area and travel to independent, tent camps. WAIS Divide Field Camp, 79.46 S, 112.08 W, 924 nautical miles from McMurdo Station The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide field camp will support ten projects. The automatic weather station (AWS) project team will service various stations from the camp. CReSIS will traverse from WAIS Divide, approx 180nm away. AGAP South Field Camp, 84°29 S, 77°14 E, 805 nm from McMurdo, and 330 nm from South Pole This camp will mainly support seismic and aerial geophysical surveys of the Gamburtsev Mountain range in East Antarctica. GAMSEIS will continue their passive seismic experiment, installing an array of seismometers. GAMBIT will conduct an aerogeophysical survey using a USAP Twin Otter with support from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter. PENGUIn will continue installing autonomous low-power magnetometer platforms in the region. .
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