Fossil Bluff

- 71.333325 - 68.283382276Koordinaten: 71 ° 20 '0 "S, 68 ° 17' 0 " W

The Fossil Bluff station ( station KG of the British Antarctic Survey BAS ) is an Antarctic base of the United Kingdom. It was opened in 1961 and is located at the foot of a gravel-capped ridge of Alexander I Island.

It consists essentially of a cottage, Bluebell Cottage mentioned, which seats four people comfortably.

The station was inhabited during the winter of 1961, 1962 and 1969 to 1975. After the winter of 1976 the nearby Rothera Station (Station R) was fully operational, Fossil Bluff was closed. After the use was only allowed in summer.

Since it is used as a forward field station of research groups from the Rothera Station during the Antarctic summer (October to March). These lead here research in the fields of geology, glaciology and Field Geophysics by.

She also serves as a forward facility for refueling aircraft and is headed by the Rothera base. About 1 km south of the station, there is a 1200 meter long unedited snow runway, which is marked by barrels.

Fossil Bluff is powered by the air of the Adelaide stations ( station T) and Rothera and by land from the Stonington Iceland station ( station E). Twin Otter aircraft to transport every summer fuel from Rothera by Fossil Bluff to refresh the fuel supplies to the station. The flight time from Rothera by Fossil Bluff is about 90 minutes.