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45 CFR Part 670
RIN 3145–AA48
Conservation of Antarctic Animals and
Plants
National Science Foundation.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, The National
Science Foundation (NSF) is amending
its regulations to designate additional
Antarctic Specially Managed Areas
(ASMA) and one new Historical Site or
Monument (HSM). Further, NSF is
amending its regulations to reflect that
the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties
(Consultative Parties), at the Antarctic
Treaty Consultative Meeting XXIX
(ATCM XXIX) in Edinburgh, Scotland
adopted Measure 4 (2006) which
removed all species of the genus
Arctocephalus, Fur Seals, from the list
of Specially Protected Species in
Appendix A to Annex II to the Protocol
on Environmental Protection to the
Antarctic Treaty (The Protocol). These
additions only reflect measures already
adopted by the Consultative Parties at
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.
DATES: Effective Date: March 20, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bijan Gilanshah, Office of the General
Counsel, at 703–292–8060, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,
Virginia 22230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
(ACA), as amended, (16 U.S.C. 2401, et
seq.) implements the Protocol on
Environmental Protection to the
Antarctic Treaty. Annex II of the
Protocol contains provisions for
conservation of native Antarctic plants
and animals. Annex V contains
provisions for the protection of specially
designated areas. Section 2405 of title
16 of the ACA directs the Director of the
National Science Foundation to issue
such regulations as are necessary and
appropriate to implement Annexes II
and V to the Protocol.
The Antarctic Treaty Parties
periodically adopt measures to establish
additional specially protected areas,
specially managed areas and historical
sites or monuments in Antarctica. This
rule is being revised to add two new
Antarctic Specially Managed Areas and
one new Historical Site and Monument.
Finally, this revision reflects a decision
by the Consultative Parties to de-list all
species of the genus Arctocephalus, Fur
Seals, from the list of Specially
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Protected Species in Appendix A to
Annex II to the Protocol. The Fur Seals
will continue to receive comprehensive
protection under the Environmental
Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty.
No public comment is needed because
the addition of these areas or sites and
the delisting merely implements
measures adopted by the Consultative
Parties at ATCM XXIX.
Determinations
NSF has determined, under the
criteria set forth in Executive Order
12866, that this rule is not a significant
regulatory action requiring review by
the Office of Management and Budget.
This rule involves a foreign affairs
function of the United States and is,
therefore, exempt from the notice
requirements of section 553 of the
Administrative Procedures Act and from
regulatory flexibility analysis
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612.
Although this rule is exempt from the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, it has
nonetheless been determined that this
rule will not have a significant impact
on a substantial number of small
businesses. For purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), these amendments to the
existing regulations do not change the
collection of information requirements
contained in NSF’s existing regulations,
which have already been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget.
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 670
Administrative practice and
procedure, Antarctica, Exports, Imports,
Plants, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Wildlife.
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Lawrence Rudolph,
General Counsel.
Pursuant to the authority granted by
16 U.S.C. 2405(a)(1), NSF hereby
amends 45 CFR part 670 as set forth
below:
PART 670—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 670
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended.
1. Section 670.25 is revised to read as
follows:
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§ 670.25 Designation of specially
protected species of native mammals,
birds, and plants.
The following species has been
designated as Specially Protected
Species by the Antarctic Treaty Parties
and is hereby designated Specially
Protected Species:
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Common Name and Scientific Name
Ross Seal—Ommatophoca rossii
I 2. Section 670.29 is revised to read as
follows:
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§ 670.29 Designation of Antarctic Specially
Protected Areas, Specially Managed Areas
and Historic Sites and Monuments.
(a) The following areas have been
designated by the Antarctic Treaty
Parties for special protection and are
hereby designated as Antarctic Specially
Protected Areas (ASPA). The Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, as amended,
prohibits, unless authorized by a permit,
any person from entering or engaging in
activities within an ASPA. Detailed
maps and descriptions of the sites and
complete management plans can be
obtained from the National Science
Foundation, Office of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation, Room
755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,
Virginia 22230.
ASPA 101 Taylor Rookery, Mac.
Robertson Land, East Antarctica
ASPA 102 Rookery Islands, Holme
Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 103 Ardery Island and Odbert
Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 104 Sabrina Island, Balleny
Islands
ASPA 105 Beaufort Island, Ross Sea
(see ASPA 124)
ASPA 106 Cape Hallett, Victoria Land
ASPA 107 Emperor Island, Dion
Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic
Peninsula (see Measure 1, 2002)
ASPA 108 Green Island, Berthelot
Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 109 Moe Island, South Orkney
Islands
ASPA 110 Lynch Island, South Orkney
Islands
ASPA 111 Southern Powell Island and
adjacent islands, South Orkney
Islands
ASPA 112 Coppermine Peninsula,
Robert Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 113 Litchfield Island, Arthur
Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer
Archipelago
ASPA 114 Northern Coronation Island,
South Orkney Islands
ASPA 115 Lagotellerie Island,
Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 116 ‘New College Valley’,
Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross
Island
ASPA 117 Avian Island, off Adelaide
Island, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 118 ‘Cryptogam Ridge’, Mount
Melbourne, Victoria Land
ASPA 119 Davis Valley and Forlidas
Pond, Dufek Massif
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ASPA 121 Cape Royds, Ross Island
ASPA 122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point
Peninsula, Ross Island
ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham
Valleys (see Measure 1, 2002),
Victoria Land
ASPA 124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island
ASPA 125 Fildes Peninsula, King
George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, Livingston
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 127 Haswell Island
ASPA 128 Western shore of Admiralty
Bay, King George Island
ASPA 129 Rothera Point, Adelaide
Island
ASPA 130 ‘Tramway Ridge’, Mount
Erebus, Ross Island
ASPA 131 Canada Glacier, Lake
Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land
ASPA 132 Potter Peninsula, ‘25 de
Mayo’ (King George) Island, South
Shetland Islands
ASPA 133 Harmony Point, west coast
of Nelson Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 134 Cierva Point and offshore
islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic
Peninsula
ASPA 135 North-eastern Bailey
Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land
ASPA 136 Clark Peninsula, Budd
Coast, Wilkes Land
ASPA 137 Northwest White Island,
McMurdo Sound
ASPA 138 Linnaeus Terrace, Asgaard
Range, Victoria Land
ASPA 139 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
ASPA 140 Parts of Deception Island,
South Shetland Islands
ASPA 141 ‘Yukidori Valley’,
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Langhovde, Lutzow-Holmbukta
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ASPA 142 Svarthamaren, MuhligHofmannfjella, Dronning Maud Land
ASPA 143 Marine Plain, Mule
Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess
Elizabeth Land
ASPA 144 ‘Chile Bay’ (Discovery Bay),
Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 145 Port Foster, Deception
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 146 South Bay, Doumer Island,
Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 147 Ablation Valley-Ganymede
Heights, Alexander Island
ASPA 148 Mount Flora, Hope Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San
Telmo Island, Livingston Island,
South Shetland Islands
ASPA 150 Ardley Island, Maxwell
Bay, King George Island
ASPA 151 Lions Rump, King George
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait
off Low Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay off
Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago
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ASPA 154 Botany Bay, Cape Geology,
Victoria Land
ASPA 155 Cape Evans, Ross Island
ASPA 156 Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus,
Ross Island
ASPA 157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds,
Ross Island
ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island
ASPA 159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink
Coast
ASPA 160 Frazier Islands, Wilkes
Land, East Antarctica (see Measure 2,
2003)
ASPA 161 Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea
ASPA 162 Mawson’s Huts,
Commonwealth Bay, George V Land,
East Antarctica (see Measure 2, 2004)
ASPA 163 Dakshin Gangotri Glacier,
Dronning Maud Land
ASPA 164 Scullin and Murray
Monoliths, Mac. Robertson Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 165 Edmonson Point, Wood
Bay, Ross Sea
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ASPA 166 Port-Martin, Terre Adelie
ASPA 167 Hawker Island, Vestfold
Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast,
Princess Elizabeth Land, East
Antarctica
(b) The following areas have been
designated by the Antarctic Treaty
Parties for special management and are
hereby designated as Antarctic Specially
Managed Areas (ASMA). Detailed maps
and descriptions of the sites and
complete management plans can be
obtained from the National Science
Foundation, Office of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation, Room
755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,
Virginia 22230.
ASMA 1 Admiralty Bay, King George
Island, South Shetland Islands
ASMA 2 McMurdo Dry Valleys,
Southern Victoria Land
ASMA 3 Cape Denison,
Commonwealth Bay, George V Land
ASMA 4 Deception Island, South
Shetland Islands
ASMA 5 Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station, South Pole
ASMA 6 Larsemann Hills, East
Antarctica
(c) The following areas have been
designated by the Antarctic Treaty
Parties as historic sites or monuments
(HSM). The Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978, as amended, prohibits any
damage, removal or destruction of a
historic site or monument listed
pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol.
Descriptions of the sites or monuments
can be obtained from the National
Science Foundation, Office of Polar
Programs, National Science Foundation,
Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22230.
HSM 1 Flag mast at South Pole
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HSM 2 Rock cairn and plaques on
Ongul Island, Prins Harald Kyst
HSM 3 Rock cairn and plaque on
Proclamation Island, Enderby Land
HSM 4 Bust and plaque at ‘Pole of
Inaccessibility’
HSM 5 Rock cairn and plaque at Cape
Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land
HSM 6 Rock cairn and canister at
Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills,
Princess Elizabeth Land
HSM 7 Stone and plaque at Mabus
Point, Queen Mary Land
HSM 8 Monument sledge and plaque
at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land
HSM 9 Cemetery on Buromskiy Island,
Queen Mary Land
HSM 10 Observatory at Bunger Hills,
Queen Mary Land
HSM 11 Tractor and plaque at Vostok
Station
HSM 14 Ice cave at Inexpressible
Island, Terra Nova Bay, Scott Coast
HSM 15 Hut at Cape Royds, Ross
Island
HSM 16 Hut at Cape Evans, Ross
Island
HSM 17 Cross at Cape Evans, Ross
Island
HSM 18 Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island
HSM 19 Cross at Hut Point, Ross
Island
HSM 20 Cross on Observation Hill,
Ross Island
HSM 21 Hut at Cape Crozier, Ross
Island
HSM 22 Hut at Cape Adare,
Borchgrevink Coast
HSM 23 Grave at Cape Adare,
Borchgrevink Coast
HSM 24 Rock cairn at Mount Betty,
Queen Maud Range
HSM 26 Installations at Barry Island,
Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 27 Cairn with plaque at
Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 28 Cairn, pillar and plaque at
Port Charcot, Booth Island, Antarctic
Peninsula
HSM 29 Lighthouse on Lambda Island,
Melchior Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 30 Shelter at Paradise Harbour,
Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 32 Monolith on Greenwich
Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 33 Shelter, cross and plaque on
Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 34 Bust on Greenwich Island,
South Shetland Islands
HSM 35 Cross and statue on
Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 36 Plaque at Potter Cove, King
George Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 37 Statue at Trinity Peninsula,
Antarctic Peninsula
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HSM 38 Hut of Snow Hill Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 39 Hut at Hope Bay, Trinity
Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 40 Bust, grotto, statue, flag mast,
graveyard and stele at Hope Bay,
Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic
Peninsula
HSM 41 Hut and grave at Paulet
Island, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 42 Huts, magnetic observatory
and graveyard at Scotia Bay, Laurie
Island, South Orkney Islands
HSM 43 Cross at ‘Piedrabuena Bay’,
Filchner Ice Front, Weddell Sea
HSM 44 Plaque at Nivlisen Ice Front,
Princesse Astrid Kyst, Dronning Maud
Land
HSM 45 Plaque at Metchnikoff Point,
Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 46 Buildings and installations at
´
Port-Martin, Terre Adelie
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HSM 47 Building on ˘le des Petrels,
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Terre Adelie
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HSM 48 Cross on ˘le des Petrels, Terre
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Adelie
HSM 49 Pillar at Bunger Hill, Queen
Mary Land
HSM 50 Plaque at Fildes Peninsula,
King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 51 Grave and cross at Admiralty
Bay, King George Island, South
Shetland Islands
HSM 52 Monolith at Fildes Peninsula,
King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 53 Monolith and plaques on
Elephant Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 54 Bust on Ross Island
HSM 55 Buildings and artifacts on
Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 56 Remains of hut and environs
at Waterboat Point, Danco Coast,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 57 Plaque at ‘‘Yankee Bay’’
(Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait,
Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 59 Cairn on Half Moon Beach,
Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island,
South Shetland Islands
HSM 60 Plaque and cairn at ’Penguins
Bay’, Seymour Island, James Ross
Island archipelago
HSM 61 ‘Base A’ at Port Lockroy,
Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 62 ‘Base F (Wordie House)’ on
Winter Island, Argentine Islands
HSM 63 ‘Base Y’ on Horseshoe Island,
Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land
HSM 64 ‘Base E’ on Stonington Island,
Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land
HSM 65 Message post on Foyn Island,
Possession Islands
HSM 66 Cairn at Scott Nunataks,
Alexandra Mountains
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HSM 67 Rock shelter ‘Granite House’
at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour
HSM 68 Depot at Hells Gate Moraine,
Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay
HSM 69 Message post at Cape Crozier,
Ross Island
HSM 70 Message post at Cape
Wadworth, Coulman Island
HSM 71 Whaling station at Whalers
Bay, Deception Island
HSM 72 Cairn on Tryne Islands,
Vestfold Hills
HSM 73 Memorial Cross, Lewis Bay,
Ross Island
HSM 74 Wreckage of sailing ship,
Elephant Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 75 ‘A Hut’, Pram Point, Ross
Island
HSM 76 Ruins of base ‘Pedro Aguirre
Cerda’, Pendulum Cove, Deception
Island
HSM 77 Cape Denison,
Commonwealth Bay, George V Land
HSM 78 Memorial Plaque at India
Point, Humboldt Mountains,
Wohlthat Massif, central Dronning
Maud Land
HSM 79 Lilie Marleen Hut, Mt.
Dockery, Everett Range, Northern
Victoria Land
HSM 80 Amundsen’s Tent
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HSM 81 Rocher du Debarquement
(Landing Rock)
HSM 82 Monument to the Antarctic
Treaty and Plaque
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
45 CFR Part 670
RIN 3145-AA48
Conservation of Antarctic Animals and Plants
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, The
National Science Foundation (NSF) is amending its regulations to
designate additional Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMA) and one
new Historical Site or Monument (HSM). Further, NSF is amending its
regulations to reflect that the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties
(Consultative Parties), at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
XXIX (ATCM XXIX) in Edinburgh, Scotland adopted Measure 4 (2006) which
removed all species of the genus Arctocephalus, Fur Seals, from the
list of Specially Protected Species in Appendix A to Annex II to the
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (The
Protocol). These additions only reflect measures already adopted by the
Consultative Parties at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.
DATES: Effective Date: March 20, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Office of the General
Counsel, at 703-292-8060, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
(ACA), as amended, (16 U.S.C. 2401, et seq.) implements the Protocol on
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Annex II of the
Protocol contains provisions for conservation of native Antarctic
plants and animals. Annex V contains provisions for the protection of
specially designated areas. Section 2405 of title 16 of the ACA directs
the Director of the National Science Foundation to issue such
regulations as are necessary and appropriate to implement Annexes II
and V to the Protocol.
The Antarctic Treaty Parties periodically adopt measures to
establish additional specially protected areas, specially managed areas
and historical sites or monuments in Antarctica. This rule is being
revised to add two new Antarctic Specially Managed Areas and one new
Historical Site and Monument. Finally, this revision reflects a
decision by the Consultative Parties to de-list all species of the
genus Arctocephalus, Fur Seals, from the list of Specially Protected
Species in Appendix A to Annex II to the Protocol. The Fur Seals will
continue to receive comprehensive protection under the Environmental
Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty.
No public comment is needed because the addition of these areas or
sites and the delisting merely implements measures adopted by the
Consultative Parties at ATCM XXIX.
Determinations
NSF has determined, under the criteria set forth in Executive Order
12866, that this rule is not a significant regulatory action requiring
review by the Office of Management and Budget. This rule involves a
foreign affairs function of the United States and is, therefore, exempt
from the notice requirements of section 553 of the Administrative
Procedures Act and from regulatory flexibility analysis requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612. Although this rule is
exempt from the Regulatory Flexibility Act, it has nonetheless been
determined that this rule will not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small businesses. For purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), these amendments to the
existing regulations do not change the collection of information
requirements contained in NSF's existing regulations, which have
already been approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 670
Administrative practice and procedure, Antarctica, Exports,
Imports, Plants, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Lawrence Rudolph,
General Counsel.
Pursuant to the authority granted by 16 U.S.C. 2405(a)(1), NSF
hereby amends 45 CFR part 670 as set forth below:
PART 670--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 670 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2405, as amended.
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1. Section 670.25 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 670.25 Designation of specially protected species of native
mammals, birds, and plants.
The following species has been designated as Specially Protected
Species by the Antarctic Treaty Parties and is hereby designated
Specially Protected Species:
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Common Name and Scientific Name
Ross Seal--Ommatophoca rossii
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2. Section 670.29 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 670.29 Designation of Antarctic Specially Protected Areas,
Specially Managed Areas and Historic Sites and Monuments.
(a) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic
Treaty Parties for special protection and are hereby designated as
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA). The Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits, unless authorized by a permit, any
person from entering or engaging in activities within an ASPA. Detailed
maps and descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be
obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar
Programs, National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22230.
ASPA 101 Taylor Rookery, Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica
ASPA 102 Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 103 Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 104 Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands
ASPA 105 Beaufort Island, Ross Sea (see ASPA 124)
ASPA 106 Cape Hallett, Victoria Land
ASPA 107 Emperor Island, Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic
Peninsula (see Measure 1, 2002)
ASPA 108 Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 109 Moe Island, South Orkney Islands
ASPA 110 Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands
ASPA 111 Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney
Islands
ASPA 112 Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 113 Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer
Archipelago
ASPA 114 Northern Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands
ASPA 115 Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 116 `New College Valley', Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island
ASPA 117 Avian Island, off Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 118 `Cryptogam Ridge', Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land
ASPA 119 Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif
ASPA 120 `Pointe-G[eacute]ologie Archipelego', Terre Ad[eacute]lie
ASPA 121 Cape Royds, Ross Island
ASPA 122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island
ASPA 123 Barwick and Balham Valleys (see Measure 1, 2002), Victoria
Land
ASPA 124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island
ASPA 125 Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 127 Haswell Island
ASPA 128 Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island
ASPA 129 Rothera Point, Adelaide Island
ASPA 130 `Tramway Ridge', Mount Erebus, Ross Island
ASPA 131 Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land
ASPA 132 Potter Peninsula, `25 de Mayo' (King George) Island, South
Shetland Islands
ASPA 133 Harmony Point, west coast of Nelson Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 134 Cierva Point and offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic
Peninsula
ASPA 135 North-eastern Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land
ASPA 136 Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land
ASPA 137 Northwest White Island, McMurdo Sound
ASPA 138 Linnaeus Terrace, Asgaard Range, Victoria Land
ASPA 139 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island
ASPA 140 Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 141 `Yukidori Valley', Langhovde, L[uuml]tzow-Holmbukta
ASPA 142 Svarthamaren, M[uuml]hlig-Hofmannfjella, Dronning Maud Land
ASPA 143 Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess
Elizabeth Land
ASPA 144 `Chile Bay' (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 145 Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 146 South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 147 Ablation Valley-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island
ASPA 148 Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
ASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South
Shetland Islands
ASPA 150 Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island
ASPA 151 Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait off Low Island, South Shetland
Islands
ASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay off Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago
ASPA 154 Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land
ASPA 155 Cape Evans, Ross Island
ASPA 156 Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus, Ross Island
ASPA 157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island
ASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island
ASPA 159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast
ASPA 160 Frazier Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica (see Measure 2,
2003)
ASPA 161 Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea
ASPA 162 Mawson's Huts, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East
Antarctica (see Measure 2, 2004)
ASPA 163 Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, Dronning Maud Land
ASPA 164 Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac. Robertson Land, East
Antarctica
ASPA 165 Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Ross Sea
ASPA 166 Port-Martin, Terre Ad[eacute]lie
ASPA 167 Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast,
Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica
(b) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic
Treaty Parties for special management and are hereby designated as
Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMA). Detailed maps and
descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be obtained
from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22230.
ASMA 1 Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
ASMA 2 McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land
ASMA 3 Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land
ASMA 4 Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
ASMA 5 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole
ASMA 6 Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
(c) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic
Treaty Parties as historic sites or monuments (HSM). The Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits any damage, removal or
destruction of a historic site or monument listed pursuant to Annex V
to the Protocol. Descriptions of the sites or monuments can be obtained
from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs,
National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22230.
HSM 1 Flag mast at South Pole
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HSM 2 Rock cairn and plaques on Ongul Island, Prins Harald Kyst
HSM 3 Rock cairn and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land
HSM 4 Bust and plaque at `Pole of Inaccessibility'
HSM 5 Rock cairn and plaque at Cape Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land
HSM 6 Rock cairn and canister at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills,
Princess Elizabeth Land
HSM 7 Stone and plaque at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land
HSM 8 Monument sledge and plaque at Mabus Point, Queen Mary Land
HSM 9 Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, Queen Mary Land
HSM 10 Observatory at Bunger Hills, Queen Mary Land
HSM 11 Tractor and plaque at Vostok Station
HSM 14 Ice cave at Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay, Scott Coast
HSM 15 Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island
HSM 16 Hut at Cape Evans, Ross Island
HSM 17 Cross at Cape Evans, Ross Island
HSM 18 Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island
HSM 19 Cross at Hut Point, Ross Island
HSM 20 Cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island
HSM 21 Hut at Cape Crozier, Ross Island
HSM 22 Hut at Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast
HSM 23 Grave at Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast
HSM 24 Rock cairn at Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range
HSM 26 Installations at Barry Island, Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 27 Cairn with plaque at Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 28 Cairn, pillar and plaque at Port Charcot, Booth Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 29 Lighthouse on Lambda Island, Melchior Islands, Antarctic
Peninsula
HSM 30 Shelter at Paradise Harbour, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 32 Monolith on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 33 Shelter, cross and plaque on Greenwich Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 34 Bust on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 35 Cross and statue on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 36 Plaque at Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 37 Statue at Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 38 Hut of Snow Hill Island, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 39 Hut at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 40 Bust, grotto, statue, flag mast, graveyard and stele at Hope
Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 41 Hut and grave at Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 42 Huts, magnetic observatory and graveyard at Scotia Bay, Laurie
Island, South Orkney Islands
HSM 43 Cross at `Piedrabuena Bay', Filchner Ice Front, Weddell Sea
HSM 44 Plaque at Nivlisen Ice Front, Princesse Astrid Kyst, Dronning
Maud Land
HSM 45 Plaque at Metchnikoff Point, Brabant Island, Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 46 Buildings and installations at Port-Martin, Terre Ad[eacute]lie
HSM 47 Building on [Ibreve]le des P[eacute]trels, Terre Ad[eacute]lie
HSM 48 Cross on [Ibreve]le des P[eacute]trels, Terre Ad[eacute]lie
HSM 49 Pillar at Bunger Hill, Queen Mary Land
HSM 50 Plaque at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 51 Grave and cross at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South
Shetland Islands
HSM 52 Monolith at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 53 Monolith and plaques on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 54 Bust on Ross Island
HSM 55 Buildings and artifacts on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 56 Remains of hut and environs at Waterboat Point, Danco Coast,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 57 Plaque at ``Yankee Bay'' (Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait,
Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands
HSM 59 Cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island,
South Shetland Islands
HSM 60 Plaque and cairn at 'Penguins Bay', Seymour Island, James Ross
Island archipelago
HSM 61 `Base A' at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island,
Antarctic Peninsula
HSM 62 `Base F (Wordie House)' on Winter Island, Argentine Islands
HSM 63 `Base Y' on Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham
Land
HSM 64 `Base E' on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham
Land
HSM 65 Message post on Foyn Island, Possession Islands
HSM 66 Cairn at Scott Nunataks, Alexandra Mountains
HSM 67 Rock shelter `Granite House' at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour
HSM 68 Depot at Hells Gate Moraine, Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova
Bay
HSM 69 Message post at Cape Crozier, Ross Island
HSM 70 Message post at Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island
HSM 71 Whaling station at Whalers Bay, Deception Island
HSM 72 Cairn on Tryne Islands, Vestfold Hills
HSM 73 Memorial Cross, Lewis Bay, Ross Island
HSM 74 Wreckage of sailing ship, Elephant Island, South Shetland
Islands
HSM 75 `A Hut', Pram Point, Ross Island
HSM 76 Ruins of base `Pedro Aguirre Cerda', Pendulum Cove, Deception
Island
HSM 77 Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land
HSM 78 Memorial Plaque at India Point, Humboldt Mountains, Wohlthat
Massif, central Dronning Maud Land
HSM 79 Lilie Marleen Hut, Mt. Dockery, Everett Range, Northern Victoria
Land
HSM 80 Amundsen's Tent
HSM 81 Rocher du D[eacute]barquement (Landing Rock)
HSM 82 Monument to the Antarctic Treaty and Plaque
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