Location
The possible site for locating the permanent station was debated in detail during the Third Indian Expedition to Antarctica among the scientists, members of the Second Indian Expedition to Antarctica who were participating in the Third Indian Expedition to Antarctica, and the officers of the ship. All available material, such as aerial photographs, regional maps prepared by the Norsk Polarinstitutt and the recommendations of the Second Indian Expedition to Antarctica were examined in detail. A site at 70°02′00″S 12°00′00″E / 70.0333333°S 12°E / -70.0333333; 12 had been recommended earlier by the Second Indian Expedition to Antarctica but there crevasses on the southern periphery of two nearby grounded ice patches Leningradkollen and Kurklaken were revealed by helicopter surveys and cracks were found to be developing in its near vicinity on recent aerial photographs. Keeping in view of several logistic factors, an area of about 10 km diameter was considered to be most appropriate for locating the permanent station. Detailed survey of this area was carried out and a location with coordinates 70°05′37″S 12°00′00″E / 70.09361°S 12°E / -70.09361; 12 was finalized for locating the station. The thickness of ice shelf was reported to be about 150 metres in this region. The site selected was free of crevasses and had a good view of the Wohlthat Mountains range in the south.
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