Location

Sarao Point is located on the Tourmaline Plateau and named in 1997 by Committee for Antarctic geographical names for Roberto Sarao involved in a serious accident during the maintenance of the AWS.
Tourmaline Plateau is an ice-covered plateau in the central part of the Deep Freeze Range, bounded by the Howard Peaks and the Mount Levick. So named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1965-66, because of the quantities of tourmaline-granite found there.

(From https://geonames.usgs.gov)

Data sheet

Model: Vaisala Maws
Mast: 3 m

• Wind Speed and Direction
• Temperature and Relative Humidity
• Atmospheric Pressure

• Flash 2GB

• 6 batteries. Tot 900 Ah
• 1 solar panel

• Argos satellite

Curiosities ...

Max Wind speed: 123.0 knots (227.8 Km/h) at 13 August 2003

Minimum temperature: -49.6 °C at 21 July 2004

Maximum temperature: 10.5 °C at 25 November 1990