{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-670.29","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 670.29","heading":"Designation of Antarctic specially protected areas, specially managed areas, and historic sites and monuments.","body":"(a) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties for special protection and are hereby designated as Antarctic specially protected areas (ASPA). The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits, unless authorized by a permit, any person from entering or engaging in activities within an ASPA. Detailed maps and descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.\nASPA 101 Taylor Rookery, Mac. Robertson Land\nASPA 102 Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land\nASPA 103 Ardery Island and Odbert Island, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land\nASPA 104 Sabrina Island, Northern Ross Sea, Antarctica\nASPA 105 Beaufort Island, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea\nASPA 106 Cape Hallett, Northern Victoria Land, Ross Sea\nASPA 107 Emperor Island, Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 108 Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 109 Moe Island, South Orkney Islands\nASPA 110 Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands\nASPA 111 Southern Powell Island and adjacent islands, South Orkney Islands\nASPA 112 Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 113 Litchfield Island, Arthur Harbour, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago\nASPA 115 Lagotellerie Island, Marguerite Bay, Graham Land\nASPA 116 New College Valley, Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island\nASPA 117 Avian Island, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 119 Davis Valley and Forlidas Pond, Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains\nASPA 120 Pointe-Geologie Archipelego, Terre Adelie\nASPA 121 Cape Royds, Ross Island\nASPA 122 Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island\nASPA 123 Barwick and Balham Valleys, Southern Victoria Land\nASPA 124 Cape Crozier, Ross Island\nASPA 125 Fildes Peninsula, King George Island (25 de Mayo)\nASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 127 Haswell Island\nASPA 128 Western shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 129 Rdthera Point, Adelaide Island\nASPA 131 Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, Taylor Valley, Victoria Land\nASPA 132 Potter Peninsula, King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo) (South Shetland Islands)\nASPA 133 Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 134 Cierva Point and offshore islands, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 135 North-eastern Bailey Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land\nASPA 136 Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land\nASPA 137 North-west White Island, McMurdo Sound\nASPA 138 Linnaeus Terrace, Asgard Range, Victoria Land\nASPA 139 Biscoe Point, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago\nASPA 140 Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 141 Yukidori Valley, Langhovde, Lutzow-Holm Bay\nASPA 142 Svarthamaren\nASPA 143 Marine Plain, Mule Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land\nASPA 144 Chile Bay (Discovery Bay), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 145 Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 146 South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago\nASPA 147 Ablation Valley and Ganymede Heights, Alexander Island\nASPA 148 Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 149 Cape Shirreff and San Telmo Island, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 150 Ardley Island, Maxwell Bay, King George Island (25 de Mayo)\nASPA 151 Lions Rump, King George Island, South Shetland Islands\nASPA 152 Western Bransfield Strait\nASPA 153 Eastern Dallmann Bay\nASPA 154 Botany Bay, Cape Geology, Victoria Land\nASPA 155 Cape Evans, Ross Island\nASPA 156 Lewis Bay, Mount Erebus, Ross Island\nASPA 157 Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island\nASPA 158 Hut Point, Ross Island\nASPA 159 Cape Adare, Borchgrevink Coast\nASPA 160 Frazier Islands, Windmill Islands, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica\nASPA 161 Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea\nASPA 162 Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, East Antarctica\nASPA 163 Dakshin Gangotri Glacier, Dronning Maud Land\nASPA 164 Scullin and Murray Monoliths, Mac. Robertson Land\nASPA 165 Edmonson Point, Wood Bay, Ross Sea\nASPA 166 Port-Martin, Terre Adelie\nASPA 167 Hawker Island, Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica\nASPA 168 Mount Harding, Grove Mountains, East Antarctica\nASPA 169 Amanda Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica\nASPA 170 Marion Nunataks, Charcot Island, Antarctic Peninsula\nASPA 171 Narebski Point, Barton Peninsula, King George Island\nASPA 172 Lower Taylor Glacier and Blood Falls, Taylor Vallye, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land\nASPA 173 Cape Washington and Silverfish Bay, Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea\nASPA 174 Stornes, Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land\nASPA 175 High Altitude Geothermal sites of the Ross Sea Region\n(b) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties for special management and have been designated as Antarctic specially managed areas (ASMA). Detailed maps and descriptions of the sites and complete management plans can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.\nASMA 1 Admiralty Bay, King George Island\nASMA 2 McMurdo Dry Valleys, Southern Victoria Land\nASMA 4 Deception Island\nASMA 5 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole\nASMA 6 Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica\nASMA 7 Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin\n(c) The following areas have been designated by the Antarctic Treaty Parties as historic sites or monuments (HSM). The Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, prohibits any damage, removal or destruction of a historic site or monument listed pursuant to Annex V to the Protocol. Descriptions of the sites or monuments can be obtained from the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Room 755, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.\nHSM 1 Flag mast erected in December 1965 at South Geographical Pole by the First Argentine Overland Polar Expedition.\nHSM 2 Rock cairn and plaques erected in January 1961 at Syowa Station in memory of Shun Fukushima.\nHSM 3 Rock cairn and plaque erected in January 1930 by Sir Douglas Mawson on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land.\nHSM 4 Station building to which a bust of V.I. Lenin is fixed together with a plaque in memory of the conquest of the Pole of Inaccessibility, by Soviet Antarctic Explorers in 1958.\nHSM 5 Rock cairn and plaque at Cape Bruce, Mac. Robertson Land, erected in February 1931 by Sir Douglas Mawson.\nHSM 6 Rock cairn and canister at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land, erected in 1939 by Sir Hubert Wilkins.\nHSM 7 Stone with inscribed plaque, erected at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point, in memory of driver-mechanic Ivan Kharma.\nHSM 8 Metal Monument sledge and plaque at Mirny Observatory, Mabus Point, in memory of driver-mechanic Anatoly Shcheglov.\nHSM 9 Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, near Mirny Observatory.\nHSM 10 Building (Magnetic Observatory) at Dobrowolsky Station, Hunger Hills, with plaque in memory of the opening of Oasis Station in 1956.\nHSM 11 Heavy Tractor at Vostock Station with plaque in memory of the opening of the Station in 1957.\nHSM 14 Site of ice cave at Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay, constructed in March 1912 by Victor Campbell's Northern Party.\nHSM 15 Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island, built in February 1908 by the British Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 16 Hut at Cape Evans, Ross Island, built in January 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 17 Cross on Wind Vane Hill, Cape Evans, Ross Island, erected by the Ross Sea Party in memory of three members of the party who died in the vicinity in 1916.\nHSM 18 Hut at Hut Point, Ross Island, built in February 1902 by the British Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 19 Cross at Hut Point, Ross Island, erected in February 1904 by the British Antarctic Expedition in memory of George Vince.\nHSM 20 Cross on Observation Hill, Ross Island, erected in January 1913 in by the British Antarctic Expedition in memory of Captain Robert F Scott's party which perished on the return journey from the South Pole.\nHSM 21 Remains of stone hut at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, constructed in July 1911 by the British Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 22 Three huts and associated relics at Cape Adare Two built in February 1899 the third was built in February 2011 all by the British Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 23 Grave at Cape Adare of Norwegian biologist Nicolai Hanson.\nHSM 24 Rock cairn, known as “Amundsen's cairn,” at Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range erected by Roald Amundsen in January 1912.\nHSM 26 Abandoned installations of Argentine Station “General San Martin” on Barry Island, Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.\nHSM 27 Cairn with a replica of a lead plaque erected at Megalestris Hill, Petermann Island in 1909 by the second French expedition.\nHSM 28 Rock Cairn at Port Charcot, Booth Island, with wooden pillar and plaque.\nHSM 29 Lighthouse named “Primero de Mayo” erected on Lambda Island, Melchior Islands, by Argentina in 1942.\nHSM 30 Shelter at Paradise Harbour erected in 1950.\nHSM 32 Concrete Monolith erected in 1947 near Capitan Arturo Prat Base on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 33 Shelter and cross with plaque near Capitan Arturo Prat Base Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 34 Bust at Capitan Arturo Prat base Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, of Chilean naval hero Arturo Prat.\nHSM 35 Wooden cross and statue of the Virgin of Carmen erected in 1947 near Capitan Arturo Prat base Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 36 Replica of a metal plaque erected by Eduard Dallman at Potter Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 37 Statue erected in 1948 at General Hernando O'Higgins Base (Chile) Trinity Peninsula.\nHSM 38 Wooden hut on Snow Hill Island built in February 1902 by the Swedish South Polar Expedition.\nHSM 39 Stone hut at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula built in January 1903 by the Swedish South Polar Expedition.\nHSM 40 Bust of General San Martin, grotto with statue of the Virgin Lujan, a flag mast and graveyard at Base Esperanza, Hope Bay Trinity Peninsula, erected by Argentina in 1955.\nHSM 41 Stone hut and grave at Paulet Island built in 1903 by members of the Swedish South Polar Expedition.\nHSM 42 Area of Scotia bay, Laurie Island, South Orkney containing stone huts built in 1903 by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition, Argentine meteorological hut and magnetic observatory (Moneta house) and graveyard.\nHSM 43 Cross erected in 1955 and subsequently moved to Belgrano II Station, Nunatak Bertrab, Confin Coast, Coats Land in 1979.\nHSM 44 Plaque erected at temporary Indian Station “Dakshin Gangotri,” Princess Astrid Kyst, Droning Maud Land, listing the names of the first Indian Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 45 Plaque on Brabant Island, on Metchnikoff Point, at a height of 70m on the crest of the moraine separating this point from the glacier and bearing an inscription.\nHSM 46 All of the buildings and installations of Port-Martin Base, Terre Adelie, constructed in 1950 by the 3rd French expedition in Terre Adelie.\nHSM 47 Wooden building called “Base Marret” on the Ile des Petrels, Terre Adelie.\nHSM 48 Iron Cross on the North-East headland of the Ile des Petrels, Terre Adelie.\nHSM 49 Concrete pillar erected by the First Polish Antarctic Expedition at Dobrowski Station on Bunger Hill in January 1959, to measure acceleration due to gravity.\nHSM 50 Brass Plaque bearing the Polish Eagle at Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 51 Grave of Wlodzimierz Puchalski, surmounted by an iron cross south of Arctowski station on King George Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 52 Monolith commemorating the establishment on 20 February 1965 of the “Great Wall Station” on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 53 Bust of Captain Luis Alberto Pardo, monolith and plaques on Point Wild, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 54 Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument, a bronze bust at McMurdo Station.\nHSM 55 East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island (Buildings and artifacts) erected by the Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948).\nHSM 56 Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, (remains of hut and environs).\nHSM 57 Plaque at “Yankee Bay” (Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 59 Cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands and a Plaque on `Cerro Gaviota' opposite San Telmo Islets.\nHSM 60 Wooden plaque and cairn placed in November 1903 at “Penguins Bay,” Seymour Island (Marambio), James Ross Archipelago.\nHSM 61 “Base A” at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, off Wiencke Island.\nHSM 62 “Base F” (Wordie House)' on Winter Island, Argentine Islands.\nHSM 63 “Base Y” on Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land.\nHSM 64 “Base E” on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, western Graham Land.\nHSM 65 Message post erected in January 1895 on Svend Foyn Island, Possession Islands.\nHSM 66 Prestrud's cairn, Scott Nunataks, Alexandra Mountains, Edward VII Peninsula erected in December 1911.\nHSM 67 Rock shelter known as “Granite House,” erected in 1911 at Cape Geology, Granite Harbour.\nHSM 68 Site of depot at Hells Gate Moraine, Inexpressible Island, Terra Nova Bay.\nHSM 69 Message post at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, erected January 1902 by Capt. Robert F. Scott's Discovery Expedition.\nHSM 70 Message post at Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island, erected January 1902 by Capt. Robert F. Scott.\nHSM 71 Whalers Bay, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands (includes whaling artifacts).\nHSM 72 Mikkelsen Cairn, Tryne Islands, Vestfold Hills.\nHSM 73 Memorial Cross for the 1979 Mount Erebus crash victims, erected in January 1987 at Lewis Bay, Ross Island.\nHSM 74 Unnamed cove on the south-west coast of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, including the foreshore and intertidal area, in which the wreckage of a large wooden sailing vessel is located.\nHSM 75 “A Hut” of Scott base, Pram Point, Ross Island.\nHSM 76 Ruins of base Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 77 Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, George V Land, including Boat Harbour and the historic artifacts contained within its waters.\nHSM 78 Memorial Plaque at India Point, Humboldt Mountains, Wohlthat Massif, central Dronning Maud Land.\nHSM 79 Lillie Marleen Hut, Mt. Dockery, Everett Range, Northern Victoria Land.\nHSM 80 Amundsen's Tent erected in December 1911 at the South Pole.\nHSM 81 Rocher du Debarguement (Landing Rock).\nHSM 82 Monument to the Antarctic Treaty and Plaques, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands.\nHSM 83 Base “W” established in 1956 at Detaille Island, Lallemande Fjord, Loubert Coast .\nHSM 84 Hut at erected in 1973 at Damoy Point, Dorian Bay, Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago.\nHSM 85 Plaque Commemorating the PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant at McMurdo Station.\nHSM 86 No.1 Building Commemorating China's Antarctic Expedition at Great Wall Station.\nHSM 87 Location of the first permanently occupied German Antarctic research station “Georg Forster” at the Schirmacher Oasis, Dronning Maud Land.\nHSM 88 Professor Kudryashov's Drilling Complex Building, Vostok Station.\nHSM 89 Terra Nova Expedition 1910-12, Upper “Summit Camp”, Mount Erebus.\nHSM 90 Terra Nova Expedition 1910-12, Lower “Camp E” Site, Mount Erebus.\nHSM 91 Lame Dog Hut at the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island.\nHSM 92 Oversnow heavy tractor “Kharkovchanka” that was used in Antarctica from 1959 to 2010.\nHSM 93 Endurance, Wreck of the vessel owned and used by Sir Ernest Shackleton during his 1914-15 Trans-Antarctic Expedition.\nHSM 94 C.A. 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