Gabriel de Castilla Base

{{For|the Spanish explorer and navigator|Gabriel de Castilla}}

{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gabriel de Castilla Base

| official_name = Base Antártica Española del Ejército de Tierra, Gabriel de Castilla

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Antarctic base

| image_skyline = Gabriel-de-Castilla-Base.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Gabriel de Castilla Base in 2013

| image_flag = Gabriel de Castilla Spanish Antarctic Base (Horizontal Version).svg

| image_seal = Emblema Base Gabriel de Castilla.svg

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| pushpin_map = Antarctica

| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Gabriel de Castilla Base in Antarctica

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Gabriel de Castilla Base in Antarctica

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| coordinates = {{coord|62.976951|S|60.675305|W|format=dms|region:AQ|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Spain}}

| subdivision_type1 = Location in Antarctica

| subdivision_name1 = Deception Island
South Shetland Islands

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| subdivision_name2 =

| subdivision_type3 =

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| elevation_m = 15

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| population_as_of = 2017

| population_footnotes = {{cite report |type=catalogue |url=https://www.comnap.aq/s/COMNAP_Antarctic_Station_Catalogue.pdf |title=Antarctic Station Catalogue |date=August 2017 |publisher=Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs |isbn=978-0-473-40409-3 |page=129 |access-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022102847/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61073506e9b0073c7eaaf464/t/611497cc1ece1b43f0eeca8a/1628739608968/COMNAP_Antarctic_Station_Catalogue.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2022 |url-status=live}}

| population_total =

| population_blank1_title = Summer

| population_blank1 = 33

| population_blank2_title = Winter

| population_blank2 = 0

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{start date|1989|12|20|df=y}}

| extinct_title = Evacuated

| extinct_date =

| named_for = Gabriel de Castilla

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| blank_info_sec1 = Seasonal

| blank1_name_sec1 = Period

| blank1_info_sec1 = Summer

| blank2_name_sec1 = Status

| blank2_info_sec1 = Operational

| blank_name_sec2 = Activities

| blank_info_sec2 = {{Collapsible list |bullets=on |Geomagnetism |Marine biology |Geology |Seismology}}

| code1_name = UN/LOCODE

| code1_info = AQ GDC

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Gabriel de Castilla Base[http://www.ejercito.mde.es/unidades/Antartica/antartica/index.html Campaña Antártica]. [2019-01-18]. is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The station was constructed in late 1989.{{cite web |title=Gabriel de Castilla: Descubriendo la Antártida |url=https://casadepalenciaenmadrid.org/palencia/historia-de-palencia/gabriel-de-castilla/ |website=Casa de Palencia en Madrid |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=Spanish |date=18 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=BAE Gabriel de Castilla |url=http://www.utm.csic.es/baegab.asp |language=Spanish |publisher=Spanish National Research Council |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331074037/http://www.utm.csic.es/baegab.asp |archivedate=31 March 2010}}

The station is named for Gabriel de Castilla, a 17th-century Spanish navigator and, according to some reports, the first person to sight mainland Antarctica.Vázquez de Acuña, Isidoro. Don Gabriel de Castilla primer avistador de la Antártica en Revista de Marina 1993 N° 2, Valparaíso: Armada de Chile.