Part 34Antarctic specially protected area No. 134

Part 34 Antarctic specially protected area No. 134

  Cierva Point and offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

  Latitude 64 10 S, longitude 60 57 W (Cierva Point).

  Cierva Point (latitude 64° 10 S, longitude 60° 57 W) is in the north-west of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the south coast of Cierva Cove, at the north end of Hughes Bay. The site comprises Cierva Point, encompassing the land west of an imaginary line drawn from the south-east of the north side of the point, through the summit of a flat hill 540 m high, to the south-east of the south side of the point. Also included are Apéndice/Rivera/Sterneck Island, and José Hernández/Bofill/Midas Island and Cierva Point. Although the intertidal zone of each of these areas is included in the Area, the subtidal marine environment is not included. Base Primavera (Argentina) and all its associated installations and areas of disturbance are excluded from the Area.

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