Station description

Since 1991 the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has operated the German Antarctic Station GARS O’Higgins in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG). The station is located on an island 150 x 200 m in size about 30 km west of the northern top of the Antarctic Peninsula next to the Chilean base General Bernardo O’Higgins The station has been operated year-round since the beginning of 2010.