Concordia Station

- 75.1123.33333333333Koordinaten: 75 ° 6 ' 0 " S, 123 ° 20' 0" E

The station Dome Concordia ( Dome C short ) is a scientific research station on the high plateau of East Antarctica and is 3233 m / M. and about 950 km from the nearest coast. The 123 ° east longitude and 75 ° 06 'South metro station is a joint product of French and Italian Antarctic Research.

2004 900.000 year old ice was brought to light in the EPICA project begun in 1995 with the drilling EPICA Dome C near the station. With this came the previously deepest look into the past of the earth's atmosphere. Until then, was 350,000 years old ice from the drilling Dome F and 420 thousand years old ice from the hole on the Lake Vostok at the Vostok station (English Vostok ), the oldest ice drilled.

The research program EPICA is a joint project of the European Commission and the European Science Foundation. The second drill site of the EPICA program is the Kohnen station in Queen Maud Land.

Dome C has also been considered as a site for the proposed Overwhelmingly Large Telescope into consideration, the planning is, however, set in 2005. The high plateau offers the world's best conditions for astronomical observations (thin atmosphere, clean and dry air, little wind, no light pollution ), which only more remote locations on Antarctica, such as the Ridge A, the Dome A, the Dome F or the South Pole be exceeded.