The Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Area) Order 1971

• Citation: S.I. 1971/1236
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Antarctic Treaty (Specially Protected Area) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 4th August 1971.

Section 2

For the purposes of the Antarctic Treaty Act 1967, the following area, being an area which has been recommended for inclusion in Annex B to Schedule 2 to the said Act, is designated as a Specially Protected Area:

SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA No. 16

COPPERMINE PENINSULA, ROBERT ISLAND,

SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

Lat. 62° 23′S., Long. 59° 42′W.

This area, the location of which is shown on the map in the Schedule hereto, compri0ses all the land west of a line drawn from north to south across the Peninsula, 100 metres west of the two shelters found on the isthmus.