Gabriel de Castilla BaseCampaña Antártica. [2019-01-18]. is a Spanish research station located on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The station was constructed in late 1989. 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.
See also Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base Deception Station List of Antarctic research stations List of Antarctic field camps
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