Antarctic Kunlun Station
Kunlun Station (simplified Chinese: 昆仑站; traditional Chinese: 崑崙站; pinyin: Kūnlún Zhàn) is one of three Chinese research stations in Antarctica.
It is located 4087 m above sea level 7.3 km southwest to Dome A and was officially opened on January 27, 2009. Fully constructed the station is planned to cover an area of 558 m². The main building, covering 236 m², is planned erected in April 2009.
In April 2012 the first of three Antarctica Schmidt telescopes (AST3) was installed at Kunlun Station. The other two will be installed in 2013 and 2014. Planned bigger optical telescope, Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope (KDUST), should be installed by 2016.
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