The Antarctic (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, extending approximately 48 km with a west-north-west to east-south-east orientation (see Map 1).

The Area includes two glacial catchments draining northwards from Mount Nivea and the Brisbane Heights plateau to the Coronation Island coast. Together with the marine component of Ommanney Bay and a bay of similar size to its west, the Area is approximately 92 km2 in size. The northern boundary is defined as a straight line extending 11 kilometres across the sea from Conception Point to Foul Point, including Ommanney Bay and the bay further to the west as within the Area.

Mount Melbourne (2,733 m, 74°21'S 164°42'E) in northern Victoria Land, is situated between Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, on the western side of the Ross Sea, and Campbell Glacier, about 10 kilometres to the west (see Map). The Area encompasses all terrain above the 2,200 metre contour surrounding the main crater of Mt Melbourne.

The North-east Bailey Peninsula Antarctic Specially Protected Area is approximately 0.28 square kilometres in area and located on Bailey Peninsula adjacent to the Windmill Islands Group on the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. Bailey Peninsula is an area of rock exposures and permanent snow and ice fields and lies between Newcomb Bay and O'Brien Bay, two kilometres south of Clark Peninsula. The Area consists of an irregular area of exposed rock during summer on the northeast of Bailey Peninsula, with the north-western portion of the Area approximately 70 metres south of Brown Bay with Casey station approximately 200 metres to the west.

Marine Plain ASPA lies approximately 10 kilometres southeast of Davis station in the Vestfold Hills. The Area (23.4 km2) opens into an arm of Crooked Fjord on the southern side of Mule Peninsula, the southernmost of the three major peninsulas that comprise the Vestfold Hills. The Vestfold Hills are a largely ice-free oasis of approximately 512 km2 of bedrock, glacial debris, lakes, and ponds, at the eastern side of Prydz Bay, Princess Elizabeth Land.

The Area includes Marine Plain (approximately 3 km2), which occupies the centre of the Area in a north-south orientation. Pickard Ridge (maximum elevation of 70 m) separates this site from Poseidon Basin in the northeast.

Bransfield Strait is a deep water passage approximately 220 kilometres long and 120 kilometres wide between the Antarctic Peninsula and the numerous islands that comprise the South Shetland Islands. The Drake Passage is to the north and to the west is the Bellingshausen Sea.

The boundaries of the Area are defined in the north as the line of latitude at 63°15'S and in the South as 63°30'S; in the East the boundary is defined as the line of longitude at 62°00'W and in the West 62°45'W. The north eastern boundary is defined as the shoreline of Low Island. The coastline boundary on the western and southern shores of Low Island is defined as the high tide level, and the intertidal zone is included within the Area. The Area extends a maximum of 27.6 kilometres north-south and an maximum of 37.15 kilometres east-west, encompassing an area of approximately 900 km2.

Dallmann Bay is situated approximately 65 kilometres west of the Antarctic Peninsula, between Brabant Island and Anvers Island, with Bransfield Strait to the north and Gerlache Strait to the south.

The boundaries of the Area are between latitudes 63°53'S and 64°20'S and longitudes 62°16'W and 62°45'W and are defined in the east by the shoreline of Brabant Island, encompassing an area of approximately 580 km2.

The three Frazier islands (Nelly, Dewart and Charlton Island) lie in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay approximately 16 kilometres to the west north west of Casey Station in the Windmill Islands Group in East Antarctica. Nelly Island is the largest of the three islands (approximately 0.35 km2 in area). The Area comprises the entire terrestrial area of the three islands, with the seaward boundary at the low water mark. The total area of the Frazier Islands ASPA is approximately 0.6 km2. There are no boundary markers.

The Area is a coastal marine area situated in Terra Nova Bay, between the Campbell Glacier Tongue and Drygalski Ice Tongue, Victoria Land. The Area is confined to a narrow strip of coastal waters to the south of Terra Nova Bay Station, extending approximately 9.4 kilometres in length and generally within 1.5—7 kilometres of the shore, comprising an area of 29.4 km2.

The Regulations amend Schedule 1 to the Antarctic Regulations 1995 by adding further restricted areas, to give effect to Measure 2(2003) of the Twenty–sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Madrid, 2003).

They also amend Schedule 2 to the Antarctic Regulations 1995 by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with Schedule 2 to these Regulations. This gives effect to Measure 3(2003) of the Twenty–sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting which updated the description of certain historic sites and monuments, and deleted three historic sites and monuments which no longer exist (Nos 25, 31 and 58).

The Measures adopted by the Twenty-sixth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Madrid, 2003) are published in Miscellaneous No. 3 (2004) Cm 6179.