Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctica Programme. It is located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole. It is currently being used as a supply base and transit camp. The base is named after Dakshin Gangotri Glacier. It was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in . This was the first time an Indian team spent a winter in Antarctica to carry out scientific works. It was abandoned in after it was submerged in ice. It was succeeded by the Maitri research station, which was set up in a moderate climatic zone at a distance of and made operational in Dakshin Gangotri was finally decommissioned on 25 February 1990 and subsequently turned into a supply base.