Omond House

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Omond House was the original Scottish-built research base in the South Orkney Islands that later became known as Orcadas Station, one of the world’s oldest continuously operating Antarctic stations.

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Omond House canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research base ⓘ
research station ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish polar science ⓘ
United Kingdom Antarctic exploration ⓘ
constructionEndYear 1904 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1903 ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
expeditionLeader William Speirs Bruce ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasSuccessor Orcadas Station ⓘ
heritage early 20th-century polar research infrastructure ⓘ
languageOfOriginalOperators English ⓘ
locatedIn South Orkney Islands ⓘ
locatedOn Laurie Island ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Traill Omond ⓘ
near Weddell Sea ⓘ
operatedBy Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
originalNameOf Orcadas Station ⓘ
partOf Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
purpose geophysical research ⓘ
magnetic observations ⓘ
meteorological observations ⓘ
oceanographic observations ⓘ
region Southern Ocean ⓘ
significance one of the world’s oldest continuously operating Antarctic station sites ⓘ
status precursor to Orcadas Station ⓘ
usedFor long-term weather records in the South Orkney Islands ⓘ
yearEstablished 1904 ⓘ

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Orcadas Station → originalName → Omond House ⓘ