Part 16Antarctic specially protected area No. 116

Part 16 Antarctic specially protected area No. 116

  New College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island.

  Latitude 77 10 S, longitude 166 40 E.

  Caughley Beach and its hinterland lie between the areas known as the Cape Bird Northern and Middle Penguin Rookeries, about 1 km north of Cape Bird, northern Ross Island (latitude 77° 10 S, longitude 166° 40 E). The proposed site encompasses the area between the top of the coastal cliffs of Caughley Beach and the Mt Bird Ice Cap, and between a line 200 m south of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme’s summer station and a line 500 m north of Cape Bird Middle Adélie Penguin Rookery.

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Note   This map predates the current terminology — SPA No. 20 is now ASPA No. 116.