Tor (research station)

Tor field station in Svarthamaren Mountain

Tor research station is a Norwegian Antarctic research station in Queen Maud Land, in the easternmost part of Princess Martha Coast at Svarthamaren Mountain, established in 1993. It is located 1625 metres above sea level, about 200 km from the coast. It is smaller than the other Norwegian station, Troll, and a summer-only station.

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Coordinates: 71°53′20″S 05°09′30″E / 71.88889°S 5.15833°E / -71.88889; 5.15833

Research stations in Antarctica

Year-round

Argentina	Belgrano II Carlini Esperanza Marambio Orcadas San Martín

Australia	Casey Davis Mawson Macquarie Island

Chile	Captain Prat General O'Higgins Presidente Frei Professor Escudero

Europe	Princess Elisabeth (Belgium) Concordia / Dumont d'Urville (France) Concordia / Mario Zucchelli (Italy) Neumayer III (Germany) Troll (Norway) Arctowski (Poland) Halley / Rothera (UK) Vernadsky (Ukraine)

Russia	Bellingshausen Mirny Novolazarevskaya Progress Vostok

United States	Amundsen-Scott McMurdo Palmer

Others	Comandante Ferraz (Brazil) Great Wall / Zhongshan (China) Bharati / Maitri (India) Dome Fuji / Showa (Japan) Jang Bogo / King Sejong (South Korea) Scott (New Zealand) SANAE IV (South Africa) Artigas (Uruguay)

Summer

Almirante Brown / Cámara / Decepción / Matienzo / Melchior / Petrel / Primavera (Argentina)
St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)
Carvajal / González Videla / Risopatrón (Chile)
Kunlun / Taishan (China)
Mendel (Czech Republic)
Maldonado (Ecuador)
Aboa (Finland)
Kohnen (Germany)
Zucchelli (Italy)
Dome Fuji (Japan)
Tor (Norway)
Jinnah (Pakistan)
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Law-Racoviţă (Romania)
Molodyozhnaya (Russia/Belarus)
Gabriel de Castilla / Juan Carlos I (Spain)
Svea / Wasa (Sweden)
Signy (UK)
Byrd (United States)
Elichiribehety (Uruguay)

Closed

Dakshin Gangotri (India) Asuka / Mizuho (Japan) Hallett / Vanda (New Zealand) Komsomolskaya / Leningradskaya / Russkaya (Soviet Union) Ellsworth (USA / Argentina) World Park Base (Greenpeace) Belgrano I Base / Belgrano III Base / Sobral Base (Argentina)

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