Coordinates: 75°32′28″S 145°49′18″E / 75.540982°S 145.821707°E / -75.540982; 145.821707

Mid Point Airstrip

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Mid Point Skiway
File:Mid-Point Charlie seen from the air, high Antarctic Plateau.jpg
Mid-Point Charlie seen from the air
Summary
Airport typePrivate
LocationEast Antarctic Ice Sheet
Elevation AMSL8,370 ft / 2,551 m
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 3,960 1,207 Ice
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File:Twin Otter refueling operation at Midpoint Charlie, Antarctica.jpg
Twin Otter refueling operation at Midpoint Charlie

Mid Point is a skiway located in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet at midway between Zucchelli Station and the inland Concordia Station. Mid Point Airstrip, being at 530 kilometres (330 mi) from Zucchelli, is a refuelling place for the aircraft on their way to Concordia. The place is equipped with shelters, meteorological equipment, fuel bladders and tractors to clean the airstrip. An American researchers team lived at the camp for a time, in 2000, to carry out a project of ice drilling.[2]

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