Location

Edmonson Point is a rounded, largely ice-free point lying below Mount Melbourne along the west side of Wood Bay, Victoria Land. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Larry D. Edmonson, satellite geodesy scientist at McMurdo Station, winter party 1966. The site includes a colony of Adelie penguins.

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

Data sheet

Model: Vaisala Milos 200
Mast: 3 m

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

• 2 EPROM 512 KB

• 12 batteries. Tot 600 Ah
• 1 solar panel

Curiosities ...

Max Wind speed: 90.0 knots (166.7 Km/h) at 24 August 2004

Minimum temperature: -47.9 °C at 24 July 2004

Maximum temperature: 11.5 °C at 1 January 2014