Aboa (from the

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name of

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) is a seasonal Finnish

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, located in

Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...

, about from the coast, on a

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called Basen in the

Kraul Mountains The Kraul Mountains () are a chain of mountains and nunataks that trend northeastward from Veststraumen Glacier for approximately in western Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition Third or 3 ...

Facilities and purpose

Opened in 1988, the station was designed and built by

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, and funded by the Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry (now part of the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy)."Aboa research station"
Finnish Antarctic Research Program (FINNARP) The station is used in the Antarctic summer only. Currently the station has living and work space for expeditions of 15 people, and allows temporary living space for up to 17 people. The Swedish station Wasa is located only away. Together, Aboa and Wasa form the

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and the two stations work in close cooperation."Research Stations"
, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

References

Outposts of Queen Maud Land Buildings and structures completed in 1988 Princess Martha Coast 1988 establishments in Antarctica Europe and the Antarctic Science and technology in Finland {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub

Facilities and purpose

See also

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