The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 587

ANTARCTICA

The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988

Made

23rd March 1988

Laid before Parliament

31st March 1988

Coming into force

22nd April 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 7(2)(b) and 10(7) of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1988.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 22nd April 1988.

2.  For the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, the areas specified in the Schedule to this Order, being areas which have been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to Schedule 2 to the said Act, are designated as Specially Protected Areas.

3.  The Schedule to the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1968(2) is amended by the deletion of the description and map of Specially Protected Area No. 7 (Cape Hallett, Victoria Land).

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE

SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA NO. 7

CAPE HALLETT, VICTORIA LAND

Lat. 72° 18' S, Long. 170° 10' E

The area, comprising a roughly rectangular block, lies south of the northern coast of Cape Hallett between the road, which runs along the eastern side of Willett Cove, and the western margin of the permanent ice sheet and to the north of an east-west line from a projection of the line of the road southward to a point 200 metres south of Latitude 72° 18' S to the margin of the permanent ice sheet. The original area of application of this Specially Protected Area is totally enclosed by the redesignated area as is shown on the map below.

SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA NO. 18

NORTH CORONATION ISLAND, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS

Between Lat. 60°31'S, Long. 45°41'W and Lat. 60°37'S, Long. 45°36'W and Lat. 60°32'S, Long. 45°29'W

This area, the location of which is shown on the map below, lies on the central north side of Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands. It is bounded to the east by Foul Point (60° 32' S, 45° 29' W) and to the west by Conception Point (60° 31' S, 45° 41' W); the entire area of these points is included in the area. The eastern boundary follows a precipitous ridge 6 kilometres southwards to a position at 750 metres altitude immediately to the west of Mount Nivea summit (60° 35' S, 45° 29' W), thence west-south-westwards for 5.5 kilometres to a position at 900 metres altitude to the north-east of Wave Peak summit (60° 37' S, 45° 36' W), and from there 2 kilometres westwards across the Brisbane Heights plateau, then 5 kilometres north-west to an unnamed summit at 1,060 metres and north for 6 kilometres to Conception Point. Ommanney Bay and the unnamed bay to the west are included within the area south of the boundary between Conception and Foul Points (11.5 km).

SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA NO. 19

LAGOTELLERIE ISLAND, MARGUERITE BAY SOUTH-WEST ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

Lat. 67° 53' S, Long. 67° 24' W

This area, the location of which is shown on the map below, consists of the whole of Lagotellerie Island, which lies about 3 kilometres west of the southern part of Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, south-west Antarctic Peninsula.

SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA NO. 20

“NEW COLLEGE VALLEY”, CAUGHLEY BEACH,CAPE BIRD, ROSS ISLAND

Lat. 77° 14' S, Long. 166° 23' E

This area, the location of which is shown on the map below, consists of the ice-free terrain lying between the cliff top above Caughley Beach and about 100 metres east of Mount Bird Ice Cap, and between a line south of the main stream bed of “Keble Valley” and the south ridge of “New College Valley”. It is surrounded on three sides by Site of Special Scientific Interest No. 10.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates as Specially Protected Areas for the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967 four areas in the Antarctic which have been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora (Schedule 2 to the Act) in pursuance of Article IX of the Antarctic Treaty. One of these areas (Specially Protected Area No.7) encompasses a smaller area designated in the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Areas) Order 1968, and the present Order therefore deletes the description of the smaller area in the 1968 Order.

(1)

1967 c. 65.

(2)

S.I. 1968/888.