Dome Fuji Station

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Dome Fuji Station is a Japanese inland Antarctic research base located on the high polar plateau, known for deep ice core drilling and climate studies in one of the coldest places on Earth.

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Dome Fuji Base 1
Dome Fuji Station canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic research station ⓘ
inland Antarctic base ⓘ
accessMethod overland traverse from coastal Japanese stations ⓘ
associatedProgram Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE) ⓘ
climate polar ice cap climate ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
distanceFromCoast over 1000 kilometres from the Antarctic coast ⓘ
elevation about 12,500 feet above sea level ⓘ
about 3810 metres above sea level ⓘ
environment extremely low humidity ⓘ
very low wind speeds compared to coastal Antarctica ⓘ
established 1995 ⓘ
firstOperationalSeason 1995–1996 austral summer ⓘ
governedBy Antarctic Treaty System ⓘ
iceCoreDepth over 3000 metres ⓘ
iceCoreSignificance reconstruction of past climate over several hundred thousand years ⓘ
infrastructure fuel storage ⓘ
laboratory facilities ⓘ
main station building ⓘ
power plant building ⓘ
knownAs Dome F Station ⓘ
Dome Fuji Base ⓘ
linked to: Dome Fuji Station
locatedAt Dome Fuji ⓘ
locatedOn Antarctic Plateau ⓘ
linked to: East Antarctica
locationType high polar plateau ⓘ
logisticalSupportFrom Syowa Station ⓘ
minimumRecordedTemperature below −80 °C ⓘ
notableFor atmospheric science research ⓘ
deep ice core drilling ⓘ
glaciology research ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
operator National Institute of Polar Research (Japan) ⓘ
powerSource diesel generators ⓘ
primaryResearchField atmospheric physics ⓘ
climate change studies ⓘ
ice core analysis ⓘ
snow and ice chemistry ⓘ
reopened 2003 ⓘ
researchContribution astronomical site testing for infrared and submillimetre observations ⓘ
data for validation of climate models ⓘ
high-resolution records of greenhouse gases in ancient air bubbles ⓘ
studies of Antarctic ice sheet dynamics ⓘ
status summer-only station ⓘ
temperatureRecord one of the coldest permanently monitored places on Earth ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 (nominal, varies by operator practice) ⓘ
winterOverCapability limited or none in most years ⓘ

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East Antarctica → contains → Dome Fuji Station ⓘ
Dome Fuji Station → knownAs → Dome Fuji Base ⓘ
linked to: Dome Fuji Station