Part 54Antarctic specially protected area No. 154

Part 54 Antarctic specially protected area No. 154

  Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land.

  Latitude 77 00 14 S, longitude 162 32 52 E.

  Cape Geology is situated in the south-western corner of Granite Harbour, southern Victoria Land, at 77° 00 14 S, 162° 32 52 E approximately 100 km north-west of Ross Island.

  The north-west corner of the Area is marked by a brass plaque in a boulder (M1, 2 m) 400 m south-west of Cape Geology. The west boundary is defined by a line extending first 260 m south-south-east from M1 to a large boulder (marked by a cairn) with terrier bolt (M2) at an elevation of 118 m on the ridge above the campsite; thence the boundary extends 250 m up this ridge to a point at 162 m elevation marked by an iron tube with bamboo pole. The west boundary extends a further 300 m up this ridge to a large pointed rock at 255 m elevation near the edge of the permanent ice field. The boundary then extends 150 m south across the ice field to the west edge of a prominent line of exposed rock and moraine in the south-west corner of the Area at 325 m elevation. The south boundary follows this line of rock east until the exposure is buried by the ice field, thence south-east across the ice field for 500 m to the edge of a second and more prominent exposure at an elevation of just over 400 m (M3). The boundary follows the upper edge of this exposure and then crosses the ice field south-east to an elevation of approximately 325 m where the ice-free eastern boundary ridge and the ice field converge. The east boundary follows the ridge crest for 1 550 m in a north-east direction to a large pointed rock on the ridge (M4, 392 m) where the east boundary turns to descend due north to the coast at the eastern extremity of the boulder beach of Botany Bay (M5, 5 m). The mean high water mark of the coastline of Botany Bay and Cape Geology forms the northern boundary of the Area.

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