Part 26Antarctic specially protected area No. 126

Part 26 Antarctic specially protected area No. 126

  Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands.

  Latitude 62 34 35 S to 62 40 35 S, longitude 60 54 14 W to 61 13 07 W.

  Byers Peninsula (between latitudes 62° 34 35  and 62° 40 35 S and longitudes 60° 54 14  and 61° 13 07 W, 60.6 km2) is situated at the west end of Livingston Island, the second largest of the South Shetland Islands. The peninsula has a central west-east extent of about 9 km and a north-west south-east extent of 18.2 km, and is the largest ice-free area in the South Shetland Islands.

  The boundaries of the Area designated under Recommendation XVI-5 have been changed. The Area now includes two islets several hundred metres south-west of Devils Point and a small area of ice-free ground at Clark Nunatak in the south-east corner as these sites also support values consistent with the remainder of the Peninsula. The Area is now defined to include the whole of Byers Peninsula west of the permanent ice sheet of Rotch Dome, Livingston Island, above the low tide water level, including the two islets adjacent to Devils Point noted above, but excluding all other offshore islets and rocks.

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