Maitri Research Station

Maitri Research Station is an Indian research facility in Antarctica. It is situated in the rocky mountainous region called Schirmacher Oasis on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land.

Work on the station was first started by the Indian Expedition which landed there in Dec 1984, and the first huts were started by the IV Antarctica Expedition and completed in 1989. Meaning "Friendship," the name was suggested by the then-Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi.