Novolazarevskaya Station (Russian: Станция Новолазаревская) is a Russian, formerly Soviet, Antarctic research station. The station is located at Schirmacher Oasis, Queen Maud Land, 75 km (47 mi) from the Antarctic coast, from which it is separated by Lazarev Ice Shelf. It was opened on January 18, 1961 by the 6th Soviet Antarctic Expedition. The maximum summer population is 70.

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Novolazarevskaya Station Новолазаревская
Antarctic station
Novolazarevskaya station in 2006
Novolazarevskaya Station Location of Novolazarevskaya Station in Antarctica
Coordinates: 70°46′37″S 11°49′26″E
Country	Soviet Union (formerly)  Russia
Location in Antarctica	Schirmacher Oasis Queen Maud Land Antarctica
Administered by	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Established	18 January 1961 (1961-01-18)
Elevation [1]	102 m (335 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Summer	70
• Winter	40
UN/LOCODE	AQ NOV
Type	All-year round
Period	Annual
Status	Operational
Activities	List Geodesy Geology Geomorphology Glaciology Limnology
Website	www.aari.nw.ru

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Novolazarevskaya has an airstrip (ICAO:AT17) that serves both research-related and commercial flights. In 2010 GLONASS differential reference station started to work in Novolazarevskaya. The reference station also provides Internet to Novolazarevskaya personnel.

Novolazarevskaya is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east of India's Maitri research station.

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Novo Runway
IATA: QAO ICAO: AT17
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI)
Serves	Novolazarevskaya and Maitri
Location	Dronning Maud Land
Opened	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
Time zone	(+3.30)
Coordinates	70°49′17″S 11°38′36″E
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Novo Runway Location of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 10,824 3,299 Blue Ice
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The Novo runway is a blue ice runway, located 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) away, operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI) serves the station and Maitri.

Novolazarevskaya Staation is the site of perhaps the most famous surgery to remove an appendix ever undertaken. In April 1961, Dr Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, the 27-year-old Soviet surgeon, performed an appendectomy on himself after developing acute appendicitis.

• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps
• List of airports in Antarctica
• Soviet Antarctic Expedition
• Leonid Rogozov