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MEASURE 3 (2003)

Antarctic Protected Areas System:

Revised List of Historic Sites and Monuments

The Representatives,

Recalling Recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7, XIII-16, XIV-8, XV-12, XVI-11, XVII-3 and Measures 4(1995), 2(1996), 4(1997), 2(1998), 1(2001) and 2(2001);

Noting the requirements of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty to maintain a list of current Historic Sites and Monuments and that such sites shall not be damaged, removed or destroyed;

Desiring to update the descriptions of Historic Site and Monument numbers 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 50, 53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74;

Desiring also to remove from the list those Historic Sites and Monuments numbered 25, 31 and 58, which no longer exist;

Recommend that their Governments, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, approve that the “List of Historic Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments” (annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and modified by the Recommendations and Measures recalled above) be terminated and replaced by the revised and updated “List of Historic Sites and Monuments” annexed to this Measure.

Annex. List of Historic Sites and Monuments approved by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

Note: The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting neither approves, nor disapproves of the place names used in the listing below.

Note also: the descriptions given here have been abbreviated for reasons of space.

The full list may be found on the CEP website at:

http://www.cep.aq/default.asp?casid=10278

Number and brief description and location

  1. Flag mast erected in December 1965 at the South Geographical Pole. 90°S
  2. Rock cairn and plaques at Syowa Station. 69o00’S, 39o35’E
  3. Rock cairn and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land. 65o51’S, 53o41’E
  4. Station building to which a bust of V.I. Lenin is fixed. 83o06’S, 54o58’E
  5. Rock cairn and plaque at Cape Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land. 67o25’S, 60o47’E
  6. Rock cairn at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land. 68o22’S, 78o33’E
  7. Stone with inscribed plaque, erected at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point. 66o33’S, 93o01’E
  8. Metal monument-sledge at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point. 66o33’S, 93o01’E
  9. Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, near Mirny Observatory. 66°32’S, 93°01’E
  10. Building (magnetic observatory) at Dobrowolsky Station, Bunger Hills. 66°16’S, 100°45’E
  11. Heavy tractor at Vostok Station. 78°28’S, 106°48’E
  12. Cross and plaque at Cape Denison, George V Land. 67°00’S, 142°42’E
  13. Hut at Cape Denison, George V Land. 67°00’S, 142°42’E
  14. Site of ice cave at Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay. 74°54’S, 163°43’E
  15. Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island. 77°33’S, 166°10’E
  16. Hut at Cape Evans, Ross Island. 77°38’S, 166°24’E
  17. Cross on Wind Vane Hill, Cape Evans, Ross Island. 77°38’S, 166°24’E
  18. Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island. 77°50’S, 166°37’E
  19. Cross at Hut Point, Ross Island. 77°50’S, 166°37’E
  20. Cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island. 77°51’S, 166°41’E
  21. Remains of stone hut at Cape Crozier, Ross Island. 77°31’S, 169°22’E
  22. Three huts and associated historic relics at Cape Adare. 71°18’S, 170°12’E
  23. Grave at Cape Adare. 71°17’S, 170°13’E
  24. Rock cairn, known as ‘Amundsen’s cairn’, on Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range. 85°11’S, 163°45’W
  25. De-listed
  26. Abandoned installations of Argentine Station ‘General San Martin’ on Barry Island, Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay. 68°08’S, 67°08’W
  27. Cairn with a replica of a lead plaque, Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island. 65°10’S, 64°09’W
  28. Rock cairn at Port Charcot, Booth Island. 65°03’S, 64°01’W
  29. Lighthouse named ‘Primero de Mayo’ erected on Lambda Island, Melchior Islands. 64°18’S, 62°59’W
  30. Shelter at Paradise Harbour. 64°49’S, 62°51’W
  31. De-listed.
  32. Concrete monolith erected in 1947, near Capitán Arturo Prat Base on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°28’S, 59°40’W
  33. Shelter and cross with plaque near Capitán Arturo Prat Base (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°29’S, 59°40’W
  34. Bust at Capitán Arturo Prat Base (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°50’S, 59°41’W
  35. Wooden cross and statue of the Virgin of Carmen near Capitán Arturo Prat Base (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°29’S, 59°40’W
  36. Replica of a metal plaque erected by Eduard Dallmann at Potter Cove, King George Island. 62°14’S, 58°39’W
  37. Statue erected in 1948 at General Bernardo O’Higgins Base (Chile), Trinity Peninsula. 63°19’S, 57°54’W
  38. Wooden hut on Snow Hill Island. 64°22’S, 56°59’W
  39. Stone hut at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula. 63°24’S, 56°59’ W
  40. Bust of General San Martin, grotto with a statue of the Virgin of Lujan, and a flag mast at Base ‘Esperanza’, Hope Bay. 63°24’S, 56°59’W
  41. Stone hut on Paulet Island. 63°34’S, 55°45’W
  42. Area of Scotia Bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney Island. 60°46’S, 44°40’W
  43. Cross 1,300 metres north-east of the Argentine General Belgrano I Station (Argentina) and subsequently moved to Belgrano II Station (Argentina), Nunatak Bertrab, Confin Coast, Coats Land. 77°52’S, 34°37’W
  44. Plaque erected at the temporary Indian station ‘Dakshin Gangotri’, Princess Astrid Kyst, Dronning Maud Land. 70°45’S, 11°38’E
  45. Plaque on Brabant Island, on Metchnikoff Point. 64°02’S, 62°34’W
  46. All the buildings and installations of Port-Martin base, Terre Adélie. 66°49’S, 141°24’E
  47. Wooden building called ‘Base Marret’ on the Ile des Pétrels, Terre Adélie. 66°40’S, 140°01’E
  48. Iron cross on the North-East headland of the Ile des Pétrels, Terre Adélie. 66°40’S, 140°01’E
  49. The concrete pillar erected by the First Polish Antarctic Expedition at Dobrolowski Station on the Bunger Hill. 66°16’S, 100°45’E
  50. A brass plaque bearing the Polish Eagle, Maxwell Bay, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. 62°12’S, 59°01’W
  51. The grave of Wlodzimierz Puchalski. 62°13’S, 58°28’W
  52. Monolith on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. 62°13’S, 58°58’W
  53. Bust of Captain Luis Alberto Pardo, monolith and plaques on Point Wild, Elephant Island, south Shetland Islands. 61°03’S, 54°50’W
  54. Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument, McMurdo Station, Antarctica.. 77°51’S, 166°40’E
  55. East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island. 68°11’S, 67°00’W
  56. Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. 64°49’S, 62°51’W
  57. Commemorative plaque at ‘Yankee Bay’ (Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°32’S, 59°45’W
  58. De-listed.
  59. A cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands and a plaque on ‘Cerro Gaviota’ opposite San Telmo Islets. 62°28’S, 60°46’W
  60. Wooden plaque and cairn located at Penguins Bay, southern coast of Seymour Island (Marambio), James Ross Archipelago. 64°16’S, 56°39’W
  61. ‘Base A’ at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula. 64°49’S, 63°29’W
  62. ‘Base F (Wordie House)’ on Winter Island, Argentine Islands. 65°15’S, 64°16’W
  63. ‘Base Y’ on Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land. 67°48’S, 67°18’W
  64. ‘Base E’ on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land. 68°11’S, 67°00’W
  65. Message post, Svend Foyn Island, Possession Islands. 71°56’S, 171°05’W
  66. Prestrud’s Cairn, Scott Nunataks, Alexandra Mountains, Edward VII Peninsula. 77°11’S, 154°32’W
  67. Rock shelter, ‘Granite House’, Cape Geology, Granite Harbour. 77°00’S, 162°32’E
  68. Site of depot at Hells Gate Moraine, Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay. 74°52’S, 163°50’E
  69. Message post at Cape Crozier, Ross Island. 77°27’S, 169°16’E
  70. Message post at Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island. 73°19’S, 169°47’E
  71. Whalers Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. 62°59’S, 60°34’W
  72. Mikkelsen Cairn, Tryne Islands, Vestfold Hills. 68°22’S 78°24’E
  73. Memorial Cross for the 1979 Mount Erebus crash victims, Lewis Bay, Ross Island. 77°25’S, 167°27’E
  74. The un-named cove on the south-west coast of Elephant Island in which the wreckage of a large wooden sailing vessel is located. 61°14’S, 55°22’W
  75. The A Hut of Scott Base, Pram Point, Ross Island, Ross Sea Region, Antarctica. 77°51’S, 166°46’E
  76. The ruins of the Base Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station, Pendulum Cove, Deception Island. 62o59’S, 60o40’W