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Archivo Nacional
| Type: | Library |
| Website: | http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/tavera/chile/nacional.html |
| Address: | Clasificador 1400, cc, Miraflores No. 50, Santiago, Chile |
| Telephone: | archivo nacional historico 56 - 2 3605258; archivo nacional administrativo 56-2- 6817979; secretaria archivo nacional 56-2 3605212 |
| Fax: | 56 2 3605318 |
| Year of foundation: | 1927 |
Biblioteca Nacional De Chile
| Type: | Library |
| Website: | www.dibam.cl/biblioteca_nacional |
| Address: | Avenida B. O'Higgins 651, Clasificador 1400, Santiago, Chile |
| Telephone: | +56-2-338957. |
| Fax: | +56-2-381957. |
| Year of foundation: | 1813 |
| Publications: | Bibliografia Chilena (1976-, annual) [continues Anuario de la Prensa Chilena (1877-1975)] |
Comité Nacional de Investigaciones Antárticas (CNIA)
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.inach.cl/antartica/cnia.html |
| Address: | Av Luis Thayer Ojeda 814, Santiago |
| E-mail: | scarnac@inach.cl |
| Telephone: | +56-2-23-16327 |
| Activities: | National Member of SCAR. In addition to INACH, includes representatives from other government agencies with Antarctic interests: Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, etc.). |
Departamento de Asuntos Antárticos del Ejército
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.ejercito.cl/estructura/antartica.htm |
| E-mail: | correo@ejercito.cl |
Dirección Meteorológica de Chile
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.meteochile.cl |
| E-mail: | dimetchi@meteochile.cl |
Estado Mayor de la Defensa Nacional, Sección Antártica
| Type: | Organisation |
| Activities: | Responsible for logistical support to the national Antarctic programme. |
Instituto Antartico Chileno
| Type: | Library |
| Website: | www.inach.cl |
| Address: | 1055 Plaza Muñoz Gamero, Punta Arenas |
| E-mail: | friquelme@inach.cl |
| Telephone: | 56 (61) 2298100 |
| Fax: | 56 (61) 2298149 |
| Open to the public? / Opening hours: | Monday to Thursday 8:30 - 13:00 hrs. ; 13:30 - 17:30 hrs.; Friday open until 16:30 hrs. |
| Year of foundation: | 1963 |
| Notes: | The Library started in 1967. Much material of the collection is obtained by exchange with Antarctic countries, and libraries that have the same subject. 90% of the collection is specialized in Antarctic subjects. Subjects: Earth sciences, biological sciences, atmospheric sciences. Area: Antarctica. Languages: English, French, Spanish. |
Instituto Antártico Chileno (INACH)
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.inach.cl |
| Address: | Av Luis Thayer Ojeda 814, Correo Sucursal 21, Santiago |
| E-mail: | inach@inach.cl |
| Telephone: | +56-2-231-0105 |
| Fax: | +56-2-232-0440 |
| Year of foundation: | 1964 |
| Activities: | National Antarctic operating agency responsible for planning and coordinating scientific and technical projects undertaken by government and by private organizations, in addition to carrying out its own research programme. Maintains the all-year scientific stations Capitan Arturo Prat (62.30'S; 59.41'W), General Bernardo O'Higgins (63.19'S; 57.54'W) and Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin (62.12'S; 58.54'W). National Antarctic mapping centre. Library. |
| Publications: | Boletín Antártico Chileno (1981-, 2pa) [continues Revista de Difusión (1976-80), previously Boletin de Difusion (1965-75)]; Serie Cientifica (1970-, annual) source of further information: Boletín Antártico Chileno, 1994, Vol. 13(1), pp. 1-39. [special issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of INACH.] |
Instituto de Fomento Pesquero [Fishery Research Institute]
| Type: | Organisation |
| [Fishery Research Institute] | |
| Website: | www.ifop.cl |
| Address: | Avda José Domingo Canas 2277, Casilla 1287, Santiag |
| E-mail: | info@ifop.cl |
| Year of foundation: | 1964 |
| Activities: | National centre for research into fisheries and marine biology. |
| Publications: | Boletín Bibliográfico (?-, 4pa); Investigación Pesquera (1965-) |
Instituto Geográfico Militar
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.igm.cl |
| Address: | Nueva Santa Isabel 1640, Santiago |
| E-mail: | planificacion@igm.cl |
| Telephone: | +56-2-6968221 |
| Fax: | +56-2-698727 |
| Year of foundation: | 1922 |
| Activities: | National survey and mapping agency whose responsibilities include Antarctic land survey and map compilation. |
| Publications: | Terra Australis (?-, annual) |
Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.conicyt.cl/legislacion/est-org-nacionales/hidrogr2.html |
| Address: | Valparaís |
| E-mail: | info@conicyt.cl |
| Year of foundation: | 1874 |
| Publications: | Diccionario de nombres geográficos de la costa de Chile. Vol. 3. Territorio Antártico (1974) |
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
| Type: | Museum |
| Website: | www.mnhn.cl |
| Address: | Quinta Normal, Casilla 787, Santiago |
| Telephone: | +56-2-6814095 |
| Fax: | +56-2-6817182 |
| Year of foundation: | 1830 |
| Collections: | Participates in national Antarctic programme. Some Antarctic collections. Library |
| Publications: | Boletin (1908-); Noticiario (1956-); Publicacion Ocasional (1963-) |
Museo Regional "Mayorino Borgatello"
| Type: | Museum |
| Address: | Instituto "Don Bosco", Av. Bulness 374, Punta Arenas |
| Year of foundation: | 1913 |
| Collections: | Natural and cultural history. |
Naval and Maritime Museum of Chile
| Type: | Museum |
| Address: | Paseo 21 de Mayo, Cerro Artilleria (S/N), Valparaiso - V Region |
| Telephone: | +56-32-214001 |
| Year of foundation: | 1917 |
| Collections: | Current displays relate primarily to 19th century. A second stage of the museum is to be devoted to studies of the Chilean islands, coast and sea, and the Chilean Antarctic. |
Programa Regional de Oceanografía Física y Clima
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.profc.udec.cl |
| E-mail: | www@profc.udec.cl |
Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (SHOA)
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.shoa.cl |
| Address: | Errazuriz 232, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso |
| E-mail: | shoa@shoa.cl |
| Fax: | +56-32-283537 |
| Activities: | Responsible for Antarctic nautical charts. publishes: General instructions for pilotage in the waterways of the Chilean Antarctic Territory (1993) |
Universidad de Magallanes
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.umag.cl |
| Address: | Centro Austral Antártico, Casilla de Correos 113-D, Punta Arenas, Magallanes |
| E-mail: | conantar@ona.fi.umag.cl |
| Fax: | +54-61-219276 |
Universidad de Magallanes, Instituto de la Patagonia
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.umag.cl |
| Address: | Avda Bulnes, Km. 4 Norte, Casilla de Correos 113-D, Punta Arenas, Magallanes |
| Telephone: | +54-61-212945/212913 |
| Fax: | +54-61-212973 |
| Year of foundation: | 1969 [Incorporated in Universidad de Magellanes in 1985] |
| Activities: | Carries out research in southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and adjacent islands, and the Southern Ocean in both human sciences (history, archaeology, biodemography, physical anthropology) and the natural sciences (botany, zoology, entomology, marine biology, climatology, geology, glaciology, ecology). Library. |
| Publications: | Anales (1970-83) [Sub-divided as Serie Ciencias Humanas (1984-, annual) and Anales. Serie Ciencias Naturales (1984-, annual)]; Serie Monografías (1970-) |