Scott Base

<p>Scott Base is a <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a> <a href="/facts/Antarctica/bEM5Lem5">Antarctic</a> research station at <a href="/facts/Pram_Point/04xz3yUo">Pram Point</a> on <a href="/facts/Ross_Island/p5T83Hyj">Ross Island</a> near <a href="/facts/Mount_Erebus/dc5J641v">Mount Erebus</a> in New Zealand's <a href="/facts/Ross_Dependency/vw6Cet0U">Ross Dependency</a> territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain <a href="/facts/Robert_Falcon_Scott/rtN1o0CK">Robert Falcon Scott</a>, <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">RN</a>, leader of two <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a> expeditions to the <a href="/facts/Ross_Sea/0s2Hw8Vf">Ross Sea</a> area of Antarctica. The base was set up as support to field research and the centre for research into <a href="/facts/Earth_science/rQsXCSbM">earth sciences</a>, and now conducts research in many fields, operated by <a href="/facts/Antarctica_New_Zealand/sW77ugWS">Antarctica New Zealand</a>.
</p><p>The base is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the larger U.S. <a href="/facts/McMurdo_Station/WFgwNaqk">McMurdo Station</a> via Willy Field road, the main road to <a href="/facts/Williams_Field/bCTQnrII">Williams Field</a>.
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Scott Base