Petrel Base

{{update|date=March 2017}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Petrel Station

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| native_name = Base Petrel

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Antarctic base

| image_skyline = Base Petrel.jpg

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| subdivision_type1 = Location in Antarctica

| subdivision_name1 = Dundee Island
Joinville Group
Graham Land
Antarctica

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{start date|1967|02|22|df=y}}

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| named_for = Petrel / Procellariidae

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| elevation_m = 18

| 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=23 |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}}

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{{Infobox airport

| name = Petrel Skiway

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| ICAO = SA47

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| type = Private

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| city-served = Petrel Base

| location = Dundee Island

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| elevation-f = 15

| elevation-m = 5

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airfield in Antarctica

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| r1-number = 08/26

| r1-length-f = 3,485

| r1-length-m = 1,062

| r1-surface = Ice

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| footnotes ={{cite web|url = https://airportnavfinder.com/airport/SA47/ | title = Petrel | website = Airport Nav Finder | access-date = October 16, 2018}}

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The Petrel Base ({{langx|es|Base Petrel}}) is a non-permanent Argentine scientific station located on Dundee Island, in the Joinville Group, in Graham Land, part of the Argentinian claim on Antarctica.{{cite web |url= https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/to-do/experiences/petrel-base |title= Petrel Base |author= |date= |website= Oceanwide Expeditions |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}

The base, which is 18m above sea level, is 37 km from Esperanza Station and over 1300km from port Ushuaia.{{cite web |url= https://polarjournal.net/argentina-reactivates-petrel-base-in-antarctica/ |title= Argentina reactivates Petrel base in Antarctica |last= Kubny |first= Heiner |date= 21 December 2021 |website= Polar Journal |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}