Refuge Engineer Wiltgen | |
Native Name: | Refúgio Engenheiro Wiltgen |
Settlement Type: | Research station |
Pushpin Map: | Antarctica |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Refuge Engineer Wiltgen, Elephant Island |
Coordinates: | -61.01°N -55.21°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Brazilian Antarctica |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 3 February 1985 |
Population Total: | 0 (formerly peaked at 6) |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Website: | PROANTAR |
Refuge Engineer Wiltgen (pt|Refúgio Engenheiro Wiltgen) was a Brazilian Antarctic summer installation named after Engineer João Aristides Wiltgen, founder of the Brazilian Institute for Antarctic Studies. Established on 3 February 1985, the structure was located on Elephant Island,[1] South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and depended both logistically and administratively on Comandante Ferraz station. It was dismantled during the summer 1997/98.