Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Proclamation 2005
Part 24Antarctic specially protected area No. 124
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Part 24 Antarctic specially protected area No. 124
Cape Crozier, Ross Island.
Cape Crozier is at the eastern extremity of Ross Island, where an ice-free area comprises the lower eastern slopes of Mount Terror. The designated area is situated in the vicinity of Post Office Hill (407 m), extending to encompass the adjacent Ross Ice Shelf where large cracks in the shelf are covered by fast ice which is occupied annually by breeding emperor penguins.
The Area includes a terrestrial region and ice shelf above the mean high water mark as well as the adjacent fast ice within the boundaries occupied by breeding emperor penguins. The north boundary of the Area extends 6.5 km along the 77° 26 03 S line of latitude from 169° 11 43 E to 169° 28 00 E. The west boundary extends 1.5 km south from the northern boundary to the coast, thence in a north-east direction following a low ice‑free ridge that passes 30 m west of the hut and helicopter pad. The boundary then follows this ridge in a southerly direction to be south-west of the summit of Post Office Hill before following another ridge in a south-east direction to the summit of a small unnamed peak (335 m) 1.2 km south‑south-east of Post Office Hill. The boundary descends down a south‑west ridgeline, before following this ridge to ascend to the summit of a large unnamed volcanic cone (520 m) 3.6 km south of Post Office Hill. The boundary follows around the eastern side of this cone before descending south through a valley to another unnamed conic peak (580 m) 1.5 km north‑north-east of Bomb Peak. The boundary follows a ridge through the middle of the cone before descending down a ridge on the southern side of the peak into a valley at the base of Bomb Peak. The boundary ascends the northern side of Bomb Peak to the summit (>610 m) before extending down a ridge line on the south-east side of Bomb Peak to Igloo Spur and thence due east along latitude 77° 32 00 S to the east boundary at 169° 28 00 E.