Antarctic Weather
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Novolazarevskaya Station is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km from the Antarctic coast. The station was opened on January 18, 1961. Its coordinates are 70°46'04” S and 11°49'54” E. The elevation above sea level is 102 m. The maximum summer population is 70.
An ice shelf with a slightly undulating surface resting against an ice cap extends north of the station in the vicinity of Leningradsky Bay. From the south, there is a continental ice sheet slope.
The Oasis presents a bedrock area elongated in a narrow strip around 17 km long and 3 km wide in the direction from west-northwest to east-southeast. Its relief is typically hillocky with the absolute marks up to 228 m.
There are up to 180 lakes in the Oasis. The ice cover on the lakes typically persists in summer melting however on some lakes.
Climate in the Oasis has predominantly continental characteristics. It is mainly formed depending on the intensity of solar radiation. Much of the Oasis area is characterized by the absence of continuous ice cover not only in summer but also in winter.
Moraines outcrop to the surface of glaciers surrounding the Oasis. In winter, moraines and hillocky relief are partly snow-covered.
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