Part 43Antarctic specially protected area No. 143

Part 43 Antarctic specially protected area No. 143

  Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land.

  Latitude 68 37 50 S, longitude 78 07 55 E.

  Marine Plain ASPA lies approximately 10 km south‑east of Davis Station in the Vestfold Hills. The Area (23.4 km², 68° 37 50 S, 78° 07 55 E) opens into an arm of Crooked Fjord on the southern side of Mule Peninsula, the southern‑most 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.

  Starting at the most northerly point of the Area the boundary description is as follows: commencing at 68° 36 34 S, 78° 09 28 E, then south-easterly to 68° 36 45 S, 78° 10 30 E; then south-easterly to 68° 37 30 S, 78° 12 30 E, then south along meridian of longitude 78° 12 30 E to its intersection with the northern shore of Pineapple Lake; then west along that shore to the edge of the Sørsdal Glacier; then westerly along the northern edge of the Sørsdal Glacier to its intersection with the low water mark of the north eastern shore of Crooked Fjord; then westerly along the low water mark of the northern shore of Crooked Fjord (cutting across the outlet of Burton Lake into Crooked Fjord) to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 78° 03 00 E; then north along meridian of longitude 78° 03 00 E to its intersection with the parallel of latitude 68° 37 30 S, then north‑easterly to 68° 36 56 S, 78° 05 39 E, then north‑easterly to the point of commencement.

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