Editing Scott Base (section)

{{Short description|New Zealand Antarctic base}}
{{about|the New Zealand Antarctic base|the United States Antarctic base|Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station|the United States Air Force base|Scott Air Force Base}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Scott Base
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| settlement_type         = [[Research stations in Antarctica|Antarctic base]]

| image_skyline           = Scott Base from air.jpg
| imagesize               = 300
| image_caption           = Aerial photograph of Scott Base, looking towards [[Observation Hill (McMurdo Station)|Observation Hill]] at left.

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| pushpin_map             = Antarctica
| pushpin_map_alt         = Location of Scott Base in Antarctica
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Scott Base in [[Antarctica]]
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| coor_pinpoint           = 
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Antarctica|Location in Antarctica]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Ross Island]]<br />[[Ross Dependency]]<br />[[Antarctica]]
| subdivision_type2       =
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| subdivision_type3       = Administered by
| subdivision_name3       = [[Antarctica New Zealand]]

| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = {{start date and age|1957|01|20|df=y}}
| extinct_title           = Evacuated
| extinct_date            =

| named_for               = Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]], [[Royal Navy|RN]]
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="comnap-catalogue"/>
| elevation_m             = 10
| population_as_of        = 2017
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="comnap-catalogue">{{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=93 |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}}</ref>
| population_total        =
| population_blank1_title = Summer
| population_blank1       = 78
| population_blank2_title = Winter
| population_blank2       = 11
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| timezone1               = [[Time in New Zealand|NZST]]
| utc_offset1             = +12
| timezone1_DST           = [[Time in New Zealand|NZDST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +13

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| blank_info_sec1         = All year-round
| blank1_name_sec1        = Period
| blank1_info_sec1        = Annual
| blank2_name_sec1        = Status
| blank2_info_sec1        = Operational
| blank_name_sec2         = Activities
| blank_info_sec2         = {{Collapsible list |bullets=on |Climatology |Geocryology |Paleoclimatology |Sedimetology |Geomorphology |Paleolimnology}}
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| code1_name              = [[UN/LOCODE]]
| code1_info              = AQ SBA
| website                 = {{nowrap|{{url|http://antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base|antarcticanz.govt.nz/scott-base}}}}
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Scott Base''' is a [[New Zealand]] [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] research station at [[Pram Point]] on [[Ross Island]] near [[Mount Erebus]] in New Zealand's [[Ross Dependency]] territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]], [[Royal Navy|RN]], leader of two [[United Kingdom|British]] expeditions to the [[Ross Sea]] area of Antarctica. The base was set up as support to field research and the centre for research into [[earth science]]s, and now conducts research in many fields, operated by [[Antarctica New Zealand]].

The base is {{convert|3|km}} from the larger U.S. [[McMurdo Station]] via Willy Field road, the main road to [[Williams Field]].