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SCAR Bulletin 148, January 2003

Appendix to Decision 1 (2002): Naming and numbering system for Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

No. Antarctic Specially Protected Area name Previous site number

Year adopted in
Annex V format

101 Taylor Rookery, Mac. Robertson Land SPA No 1 1992
102 Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land SPA No 2 1992
103 Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast SPA No 3 1992
104 Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands SPA No 4
105 Beaufort Island, Ross Sea SPA No 5 1997
Cape Crozier, Ross Island SPA No 6 [redesignated SSSI No 4]
106 Cape Hallett, Victoria Land SPA No 7
107 Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula SPA No 8
108 Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula SPA No 9
Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands SPA No 10 [redesignated SSSI No 6]
Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands SPA No 11 [redesignated SSSI No 32]
Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands SPA No 12 [redesignated SSSI No 5]
109 Moe Island, South Orkney Islands SPA No 13 1995
110 Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands SPA No 14 2000
111 Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney Islands SPA No 15 1995
112 Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands SPA No 16
113 Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago SPA No 17
114 Northern Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands SPA No 18
115 Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula SPA No 19 1992/2000

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No. Antarctic Specially Protected Area name Previous site number

Year adopted in
Annex V format

116 'New College Valley', Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island SPA No 20 1992/2000
117 Avian Island, off Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula SPA No 21 [formerly SSSI No 30]
118 'Cryptogam Ridge', Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land SPA No 22
119 Forlidas Pond and Davis Valley ponds, Dufek Massif SPA No 23
120 'Pointe-Géologie Archipelago', Terre Adélie SPA No 24 1995
121 Cape Royds, Ross Island SSSI No 1
122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island SSSI No 2
123 Barwick Valley, Victoria Land SSSI No 3
124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island SSSI No 4 [formerly SPA No 6]
125 Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 5 [formerly SPA No 12]
126 Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 6 [formerly SPA No 10]
127 Haswell Island SSSI No 7
128 Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island SSSI No 8 2000
129 Rothera Point, Adelaide Island SSSI No 9 1996
Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island SSSI No 10 [incorporated into SPA No 20]
130 'Tramway Ridge', Mount Erebus, Ross Island SSSI No 11 1995
131 Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land SSSI No 12 1997
132 Potter Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 13 1997
133 Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 14 1997

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No. Antarctic Specially Protected Area name Previous site number

Year adopted in
Annex V format

134 Cierva Point and offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula SSSI No 15 1997
135 North-eastern Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land SSSI No 16
136 Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land SSSI No 17 2000
137 North-western White Island, McMurdo Sound SSSI No 18
138 Linnaeus Terrace, Asgard Range, Victoria Land SSSI No 19 1996
139 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island SSSI No 20
140 Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 21
141 'Yukidori Valley', Langhovde, Lützow-Holmbukta SSSI No 22 2000
142 Svarthamaren, Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Dronning Maud Land SSSI No 23 1999
118 Summit of Mount Melbourne, North Victoria Land SSSI No 24
143 Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land SSSI No 25
144 Chile Bay (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 26
145 Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 27
146 South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago SSSI No 28
147 Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island SSSI No 29
Avian Island, off Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula SSSI No 30 [redesignated SPA No 21]
148 Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula SSSI No 31
149 Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 32 [formerly SPA No 11]
150 Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island SSSI No 33
151 Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 34 2000

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No. Antarctic Specially Protected Area name Previous site number

Year adopted in
Annex V format

152 Western Bransfield Strait off Low Island, South Shetland Islands SSSI No 35
153 Eastern Dallmann Bay off Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago SSSI No 36
154 Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land SSSI No 37 [includes HSM No 67] 1997
155 Cape Evans, Ross Island SPA No 25 [includes HSM Nos 16 & 17] 1997
156 Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus, Ross Island SPA No 26 [designated a Tomb in 1981] 1997
157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island SPA No 27 [includes HSM No 15] 1998
158 Hut Point, Ross Island SPA No 28 [includes HSM No 18] 1998
159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast SPA No 29 [includes HSM No 22] 1998