| Maitri | |
| Settlement Type: | Antarctic Research Station |
| Flag Size: | 110px |
| Flag Border: | no |
| Mapsize: | 350px |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Maitri in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Maitri in Antarctica |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -70.7667°N 11.7319°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Location in Antarctica |
| Subdivision Name1: | Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administered by |
| Subdivision Name3: | National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Elevation M: | 117 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Summer |
| Population Blank1: | 45 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Winter |
| Population Blank2: | 25 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Type |
| Blank Info Sec1: | All-year round |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Period |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Annual |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Status |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Operational |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Activities |
| Code1 Name: | UN/LOCODE |
| Code1 Info: | AQ MTR |
Maitri also known as Friendship Research Centre, is India's second permanent research station in Antarctica as part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. The name was suggested by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Work on the station was first started by the Indian Antartic expedition which arrived the end of December 1984, with a team led by Dr. B. B. Bhattacharya. Squadron Leader D. P. Joshi, the surgeon of the team, was the first camp commander of the tentage at camp Maitri. The first huts were started by the IV Antarctica Expedition and completed in 1989, shortly before the first station, Dakshin Gangotri, was buried in ice and abandoned in 1990–91.[2] Maitri is situated in the rocky mountainous region called Schirmacher Oasis. It is only away from the Russian Novolazarevskaya Station.
India is planning to replace Maitri research station by a new Maitri-2 station by 2029.[3]
The station has modern facilities for research in various disciplines, such as biology, earth sciences, glaciology, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, cold region engineering, communication, human physiology, and medicine. It can accommodate 25 people for winter. Fresh water is provided through a freshwater lake named Lake Priyadarshini.
| ALCI Airbase Novo Runway | |
| Type: | Private |
| Operator: | Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) |
| City-Served: | Novolazarevskaya and Maitri |
| Location: | Dronning Maud Land |
| Utc: | UTC+3.30 |
| Metric-Elev: | true |
| Coordinates: | -70.8215°N 11.6433°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airfield in Antarctica |
| R1-Length-F: | 9842 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
| R1-Surface: | Blue Ice |
| Metric-Rwy: | true |
A blue ice runway, located away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and Novolazarevskaya.