University Peak- Main Campus AU
Our Main Campus is located in University Valley, Victoria Land, consecrated in 1961 by researcher-explorers Heinz Janetschek and Fiorenzo Ugolini.
From
modest beginnings, our University Peak Campus (UPC) has grown to
comprise 15 structures, 3 roads and 11 pedestrian pathways,
student commons and three thermal 'lakes', warmed year-round by
our physical plant, which draws energy from the geological forces within
the peak itself (See
Campus Map).
Apollo Hall was built in 1969, the year of the US Moon Landing
While UPC is certainly one of the coldest campuses in the world, students are surprised to find how temperate, livable and full of vegetation it is; and to find it is warmed from the ground-up.
University Peak is the starting point for exhibitions to the outer reaches of the continent on science and research. Here is a graphic map of all the places AU researchers flew to from campus to find specific rocks, minerals and meteorites:
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