Florentino Ameghino Refuge

Florentino Ameghino Refuge
Refuge
Florentino Ameghino Refuge
Coordinates: 64°25′S 58°57′W / 64.417°S 58.950°W / -64.417; -58.950
Country	Argentina
Location in Antarctic Peninsula	Cape Longing Graham Land Antarctica
Administered by	Argentine Army
Established	1960 (1960)
Named for	Florentino Ameghino
Type	Seasonal
Status	Closed

Florentino Ameghino Refuge (64°25′S 58°57′W / 64.417°S 58.950°W / -64.417; -58.950) is an Antarctic refuge located on Cape Longing in the Trinity Peninsula, at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The wooden hut, 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) high and 2 by 2 metres (6 ft 7 in by 6 ft 7 in) square, was built on 15 October 1960.^[1] The ice-free site had long been used as a depot site.^[2] It is at an altitude of 29 metres (95 ft) above sea level on Cape Longing, the southeastern tip of a peninsula that extends from the Nordenskjöld Coast on the east of the Antarctic Peninsula.^[1]

The nearby Ameghino Gully is named for the Refugio Ameghino, which in turn is named after Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902–11.^[3]

The Florentino Ameghino depot is the responsibility of the Argentine Army's Antarctic Department.^[1] It is one of the 18 shelters that are under the responsibility of the Esperanza Base, which is responsible for the maintenance and the care tasks. The National Antarctic Directorate reports that the refuge is inactive.^[4]