Key Benefits:
President of the Republic,
On the report of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs,
Seen them Articles 52 to 55 of the Constitution ;
Vu le Decree No. 53-192 of 14 March 1953 amended on the ratification and publication of international commitments undertaken by France;
Vu le Decree No. 61-1300 of 30 November 1961 publishing the Treaty on Antarctica, signed on 1 December 1959;
Vu le Decree No. 98-861 of 18 September 1998 publishing the protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection, signed in Madrid on 4 October 1991;
Vu le Decree No. 2005-1075 of 23 August 2005 Publication of Annex V to the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection, Protection and Management of Areas, adopted on 18 October 1991,
Decrete:
Measure 3 (2003) ― Antarctic Treaty ― Final report of the XXVIth Consultative Meeting of the Treaty on Antarctica (all an annex), adopted in Madrid on 20 June 2003, will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
The Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs are responsible for the execution of this decree, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
A N N E X E
ANARCTIC WORK
FINAL REPORT OF THE XXVI CONSULTATIVE MEETING
ON ANARCTIC TRACK (SEMBLE ANNEX)
Les Représentants,
Recalling recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7, XIII-16, XIV-8, XV-12, XVI-11, XVII-3 and measures 4 (1995), 2 (1996), 4 (1997), 2 (1998), 1 (2001) and 2 (2001);
Noting the obligation under Article 8 of Annex V to the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on the Protection of the Environment to maintain a list of current historical sites and monuments and to ensure that such sites are neither deteriorated, removed or destroyed;
Desirous of updating the descriptions of historical sites and monuments no. 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 50, 53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 74;
Desired to delete from the list of historical sites and monuments the SMH n°s 25, 31 and 58, which no longer exist,
Recommend to their governments that, in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 2, of Annex V to the Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on the Protection of the Environment, they approve the deletion of the List of Historical Monuments identified and described by the Government(s) that made a proposal (list annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and amended by the recommendations and measures recalled above) and its replacement by the List of Sites and Monuments
A N N E X E 1
| N° | DESCRIPTION | USE |
| 1 | Flag tower erected in December 1965 at the Geographic South Pole by the first Argentine polar expedition. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Party: Argentina. | 90° S |
| 2 | Cairn de rochers plaques à la station Syowa à la mémoire de Shin Fukushima, a member of the 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition, who died in October 1960 in the exercise of his official duties. The cairn was erected on 11 January 1961 by his colleagues. Some of his ashes rest in the cairn. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Japan1. Management Party: Japan. | 69° 00' S, 39° 35' E |
| 3 | Cairn of rocks and plaque on Proclamation Island, Enderby Land, erected in January 1930 by Sir Douglas Mawson. The cairn as the plaque commemorated the landing on Sir Douglas Mawson's Proclamation Island with members of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research expedition of 1929-31. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Australia1. Management Party: Australia. | 65° 51' S, 53° 41' E |
| 4 | Building of the station to which a bust of V. I. Lenin is attached, with a plaque in memory of the conquest in 1958 of the inaccessibility pole by Soviet Antarctic explorers. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 83° 06' S, 54° 58' E |
| 5 | Cairn of rocks and plaque at Cape Bruce, Mac-Robertson Land, erected in February 1931 by Sir Douglas Mawson. The cairn and plaque commemorate the landing at Sir Douglas Mawson's Bruce Cape with members of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-31). Part that, the first, made a proposal: Australia1. Management Party: Australia. | 67° 25' S, 60° 47' E |
| 6 | Rock Cairn at Walkabout Rocks, Vestfold hills, Princesse-Elizabeth, erected in 1939 by Sir Hubert Wilkins. It houses a box containing a story of his visit. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Australia1. Management Party: Australia. | 68° 22' S, 78° 33' E |
| 7 | Pierre with a plaque bearing an inscription, erected at the observatory of Mirny, points out Mabus, in memory of the mechanic driver Ivan Kharma who died in 1956 on a coastal bank in the exercise of his official duties. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 66° 33' S, 93° 01' E |
| 8 | Metal-trailer at the Mirny Observatory, points out Mabus, with a plaque in memory of the mechanic driver Anatoly Shcheglov who died in the exercise of his official duties. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 66° 33' S, 93° 01' E |
| 9 | Cemetery on Buromskiy Island, near the Mirny Observatory, where Soviet, Czechoslovak and East German citizens are buried, members of Soviet Antarctic expeditions, who died on 3 August 1960 in the exercise of their official duties. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 66° 32' S, 93° 01' E |
| 10 | Building (magnetic observatory) at Dobrowolsky Station, Bunger Hills, with a plaque to commemorate the opening in 1956 of Oasis Station. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 66° 16' S, 100° 45' E |
| 11 | Heavy tractor at the Vostok station with a plaque commemorating the station's opening in 1957. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Russia1. Management Party: Russia. | 78° 28' S, 106° 48' E |
| 12 | Cross and plaque at Cape Denison, Land George-V, erected in 1913 by Sir Douglas Mawson on a hill located 300 meters west south of the main cabin of the Southern Antarctic expedition of 1911-14. The cross and the plaque were erected in memory of Lieutenant B.E.S Ninnis and X. Mertz, members of the expedition, who died in 1913 while working for the expedition. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Australia1. Management Party: Australia. | 67° 00' S, 142° 42' E |
| 13 | Cabane in Cape Denison, Land George V, built in January 1912 by Sir Douglas Mawson for the Australasian Antarctic Shipment of 1911-14. She was the main base of the expedition. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Australia1. Management Party: Australia. | 67° 00' S, 142° 42' E |
| 14 | Site of a glacial on Inexpressible Island, Terra-Nova Bay, built in March 1912 by the north team of Victor Campbell, British Antarctic expedition, 1910-13. The team spent the winter of 1912 in this cooler. There is still a wooden sign, a plaque and seal bones. Part that, the first, made a proposal: New Zealand1 ESCAP2. Management Parties: New Zealand/Italy/United Kingdom. | 74° 54' S, 163° 43' E |
| 15 | Cabane in Cape Royds, Ross Island, built in February 1908 by the British Antarctic expedition of 1907-09, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Restored in January 1961 by the Antarctic Division of New Zealand, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Site incorporated in ZSPA no. 157. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 33' S, 166° 10' E |
| 16 | Cabane in Cape Evans, Island of Ross, built in January 1911 by the British Antarctic Shipment of 1910-1913, under the direction of Captain Robert F. Scott. Restored in January 1961 by the Antarctic Division of New Zealand, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Site incorporated in ZSPA n° 155. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 38' S, 166° 24' E |
| 17 | Cross on Wind Varie hill, Cape Evans, Island of Ross, erected by the Ross Sea team, under the direction of Captain Aeneas Mackintosh, of the Imperial Transantarctic Expedition 1914-1916 of Ernst Shackleton, in memory of three members of the team who died around 1916. Site incorporated in ZSPA n° 155. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 38' S, 166° 24' E |
| 18 | Hut Point Cabane, Island of Ross, built in February 1902 by the British Antarctic Shipment of 1901-04, under the direction of Captain Robert F. Scott. Partially restored in January 1964 by New Zealand AntarcticSociety, with the assistance of the Government of the United States of America. Site incorporated in ZSPA no. 158. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 50' S, 166° 37' E |
| 19 | Cross at Point Hut, Island of Ross, erected in February 1904 by the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-04, in memory of George Vince, a member of the expedition, who died nearby. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 50' S, 166° 37' E |
| 20 | Cross on the hill Observation, island of Ross, erected in January 1913 by the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-13, in memory of the team of Captain Robert F. Scott who died in March 1912 when he returned from the South Pole. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 51' S, 166° 41' E |
| 21 | Snows from the Stone Cabin at Cape Crozier, Island of Ross, built in July 1911 by Edward Wilson's team from the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13) during the winter trip to pick up eggs from Empereur Manchots. Part that, the first, made a proposal: New Zealand1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 31' S, 169° 22' E |
| 22 | Three historic huts and relics related to Cape Adare. Two were built in February 1899 during the British Antarctic expedition (Southern Cross), 1898-1900, under the direction of Carsten E. Borchgrevink. The third was built in February 1911 by the northern team of Robert F. Scott, under the direction of Victor L.A.Campbell. The hut of Scott's northern team largely collapsed, only the porch standing in 2002. Site incorporated in ZSPA No. 159. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 71° 18' S, 170° 12' E |
| 23 | Tomb at the heading Adare of Norwegian biologist Nicolai Hanson, one of the members of the British Antarctic expedition (Southern Cross) of 1898-1900, led by Carsten E. Borchgrevink. A large rock marks the head of the tomb, which is itself schematicized in granite stones. A cross and a plaque are attached to the rock. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: New Zealand/Norway. | 71° 17' S, 170° 13' E |
| 24 | Cairn of rocks, called Cairn d'Amundsen, on Mount Betty, Queen Maud Range, erected by Roald Amundsen on January 6, 1912, while returning to Framheim from the South Pole. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Norway1. Management Party: Norway. | 85° 11' S, 163° 45' O |
| 25 | Site removed from the list. | |
| 26 | abandoned installations of the Argentinian station General San Martin on Barry Island, Debenham Islands, Marguerite Bay, with cross, flag mast and monolith built in 1951. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Party: Argentina. | 68° 08' S, 67° 08' O |
| 27 | Cairn with a replica of a lead plate erected in 1909 on the hill Megalestris, island Petermann, by the second French expedition under the direction of Jean-Baptiste E. A. Charcot. The original plaque is on the reserves of the National Museum of Natural History (Paris). Parties that made a proposal: Argentina/France/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: France/United Kingdom. | 65° 10' S, 64° 09' O |
| 28 | Cairn of rocks in Port Charcot, Island Booth, with a pillar and a wooden plate on which the names of the members of the first French expedition led by Jean-Baptiste E. A. Charcot who wintered there in 1904 aboard the French. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Parties: Argentina/France. | 65° 03' S, 64° 01' O |
| 29 | Lighthouse called Primero de Mayo erected in 1942 on Lambda Island, Melchior Islands, by Argentina. First Argentine lighthouse in Antarctica. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Party: Argentina. | 64° 18' S, 62° 59' O |
| 30 | Abri in Paradise Harbour erected in 1950 near the Chilean base Gabriel Gonzalez Videla in honour of Gabriel Gonzalez Videla, the first head of state who visited Antarctica. It is a representative example of the activities that preceded the International Geophysical Year and is an important national commemoration. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 64° 49' S, 62° 51' O |
| 31 | Site removed from the list. | |
| 32 | Concrete monolith erected in 1947, near the Capitán Arturo Prat base on Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Reference point for Chilean Antarctic Hydrographic Studies. It is representative of an important activity that preceded the International Geophysical Year and is currently preserved and maintained by the staff of the base. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 62° 28' S, 59° 40' O |
| 33 | Abri and cross with plaque near the Capitán Arturo Prat (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. They were appointed to the memory of Lieutenant Commander González Pacheco, who died in 1960 while running the station. The monument commemorates events related to a person whose role and circumstances of his death have a symbolic value while offering the opportunity to inform men of important human activities conducted in Antarctica. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 62° 29' S, 59° 40' O |
| 34 | Bust at the Capitán Arturo Prat base (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, the hero of the Chilean naval forces Arturo Prat; erected in 1947. This monument is representative of the activities that preceded the International Geophysical Year and is symbolic in the context of the Chilean presence in Antarctica. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 62° 50' S, 59° 41' O |
| 35 | Wooden cross and statue of the Virgin of Carmen erected in 1947 near the Capitán Arturo Prat (Chile), Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. The monument is representative of the activities that preceded the International Geophysical Year and has a particularly symbolic and architectural value. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 62° 29' S, 59° 40' O |
| 36 | Replica of a metal plate erected by Edouard Dallmann at the ancestor Potter, King Georges Island, to commemorate the visit on March 1, 1874 of his German expedition on board the Grönland. Parties that made a proposal: Argentina/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: Argentina/Germany. | 62° 14' S, 58° 39' O |
| 37 | Statue erected in 1948 at the General Benardo O'Higgins (Chile), Trinity Peninsula, Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's first leader to realize the importance of Antarctica. This monument is representative of the activities that preceded the International Geophysical Year and has a symbolic meaning in the history of Antarctic exploration since it was during the Government of O'Higgins that the Dragon ship landed on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1820. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile1. Management Party: Chile. | 63° 19' S, 57° 54' O |
| 38 | Wooden cabin built in February 1902 on Snow Hill Island by the main team of the Swedish southern polar expedition under the direction of Otto Nordenskj öld. Parties that made a proposal: Argentina/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: Argentina/Sweden. | 64° 22' S, 56° 59' O |
| 39 | Stone cabin built in January 1903 at Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, by a team from the Swedish southern polar expedition. Parties that made a proposal: Argentina/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: Argentina/Sweden. | 63° 24' S, 56° 59'O |
| 40 | Bust of General San Martin, cave with a statue of the Virgin of Lujan, and a flag pole erected in 1955 by Argentina at the Esperanza base, Hope Bay, with a cemetery with a stele in memory of members of the Argentinean expeditions who died in the area. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Party: Argentina. | 63° 24' S, 56° 59' O |
| 41 | Stone cabin built in February 1903 on Paul Island by survivors of the Antarctic wreckage commanded by Captain Carl A. Larsen, members of the Swedish southern polar expedition led by Otto Nordensköld, as well as the grave of a member of the expedition and the cairn of rocks built by the survivors of the wreck at the top of the island to draw attention to the expeditions of the island Parties that, first, made a proposal: Argentina/United Kingdom1. Management Parties: Argentina/Sweden/Norway. | 63° 34' S, 55° 45' O |
| 42 | Scotia Bay Area, Laurie Island, South Orcades, where a stone shack was built in 1903 by the Scottish Antarctic expedition under the direction of William S. Bruce; meteorological hut Argentinean and magnetic observatory, built in 1905 and known as Moneta House; and cemetery with twelve tombs, the first date of 1903. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Parties: Argentina/United Kingdom. | 60° 46' S, 44° 40' O |
| 43 | Cross erected in 1955, at a distance of 1,300 metres northeast of General Belgrano I (Argentina) station and, in 1979, transferred to Belgrano II (Argentina), Nunatak Bertrab, Côte Confin, Terre Coats. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina1. Management Party: Argentina. | 77° 52' S, 34° 37' O |
| 44 | Plaque erected at the temporary station of India Dakshin Gangotri, Princesse Astrid Kyst, Land Dronning-Maud, listing the names of the members of the first Indian Antarctic expedition that landed near 9 January 1982. Part that, the first, made a proposal: India3. Management Party: India. | 70° 45' S, 11° 38' E |
| 45 | Plaque on Brabant Island, Metchnikoff Point, climbed to a height of 70 m on the moraine crest that separates this tip from the glacier and carries the following inscription: This monument was built by François de Gerlache and other members of the 1983-85 joint service expedition to commemorate the first landing on Brabant Island of the Belgian Antarctic Shipment 1897-99. Adrien de Gerlache (Belgium), chief of the expedition, Roald Amundsen (Norway), Henryk Arctowski (Poland), Frederick Cook (United States of America) and Emile Danco (Belgium) camped near January 30 to February 6, 1898. Part which, the first, made a proposal: Belgium4. Part that manages: Belgium. | 64° 02' S, 62° 34' O |
| 46 | All the buildings and installations of the base of Port-Martin, Land Adélie, built in 1950 by the 3rd French expedition on land Adélie and, in part, destroyed by a fire during the night of 23-24 January 1952. Part that, the first, made a proposal: France3. Part that manages: France. | 66° 49' S, 141° 24' E |
| 47 | Wooden building called Base Marret on the island of Pétrels, land of Adélie, where seven men under the command of Mario Marret spent the winter in 1952 after the fire at the base of Port Martin. Part that, the first, made a proposal: France3. Part that manages: France. | 66° 40' S, 140° 01' E |
| 48 | Iron Cross on the northeast promontory of the island of Pétrels, Adélie Land, dedicated to the memory of André Prudhomme, chief meteorologist during the 3rd expedition of the International Geophysical Year, which disappeared during a blizzard on January 7, 1959. Part that, the first, made a proposal: France3. Part that manages: France. | 66° 40' S, 140° 01' E |
| 49 | Concrete pile erected in January 1959 by the first Polish antarctic expedition to Dobrolowski station on Bunger hill to measure gravimetric acceleration g = 982 439.4 mgal 0.4 mgal compared to Warsaw based on Postdam system. Part which, the first, made a proposal: Poland3. Management Party: Poland. | 66° 16' S, 100° 45' E |
| 50 | Brass plate bearing Polish eagle, Polish national emblem, dates 1975 and 1976, and the following text in Polish, English and Russian: In memory of the landing in February 1976 of the members of the first Polish expedition of marine research in Antarctica on the ships Profesor Siedlecki and Tazar. This plaque, southwest of the Chilean and Soviet stations, is mounted on a cliff facing Maxwell Bay, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Part which, the first, made a proposal: Poland3. Management Party: Poland. | 62° 12' S, 59° 01' O |
| 51 | Tomb of Wlodzimierz Puchalski, surmounted by an iron cross, on a hill south of the Arctowski station on King George Island. W. Puchalski was an artist and producer of nature documentaries, who died on 19 January 1979 while working at the station. Part which, the first, made a proposal: Poland3. Management Party: Poland. | 62° 13' S, 58° 28' O |
| 52 | Monolith erected to commemorate the creation on 20 February 1985 by the People's Republic of China of the Grande Muraille station on the Fildes Peninsula, King Georges Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The following Chinese inscription is engraved on the monolith: Station de la Grande Muraille, first Chinese Antarctic expedition, February 20, 1985. Part that, the first, made a proposal: China3. Management Party: China. | 62° 13' S, 58° 58' O |
| 53 | Bust of Captain Luis Alberto Pardo, monolith and plaques on Wild Point, Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, celebrating the rescue of survivors of the British ship Endurance by the Coast Guard of the Chilean Navy Yelcho, with the following words: It was here that, on 30 August 1916, the Coast Guard of the Chilean Navy Yelcho commanded by the pilot Luis Pardo Villalón rescued the 22 men from the Shackleton expedition who, after survived the sinking of Endurance, lived for four and a half months on this island. The monolith and the plates were placed on the island Elephant and their replicas on the Chilean bases Capitan Arturo Prat (62° 30' S, 59° 49' O) and President Eduardo Frei (62° 12' S, 62° 12' O). Bronze busts of the pilot Luis Pardo Villalón were placed in 1987-88 on the three above-mentioned monoliths of the XXIV Chilean Antarctic expedition. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile5. Management Party: Chile. | 61-03' S, 54° 50' O |
| 54 | Historic Monument Richard E. Byrd, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Bronze nozzle on black marble, 5 feet high × 2 square feet, on a wooden platform, bearing inscriptions that describe the polar exploits of Richard Evelyn Byrd. Built in 1965 at McMurdo Station. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United States of America6. | 77° 51' S, 166° 40' E |
| 55 | East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island. Buildings and objects of this base, Stonington Island and their immediate surroundings. These structures were erected and used during two U.S. wintering expeditions: the expedition of the Antarctic Services (1939-1941) and the Antarctic Research Expedition Ronne (1947-1948). The area of the historic area is approximately 1,000 metres from the north to the south (from the beach to the northeast glacier adjacent to the Back Bay) and approximately 500 metres east to the west. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United States of America5. | 68° 11' S, 67° 00' O |
| 56 | Waterboat Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. The immediate vicinity of the Waterboat Point Cabin. It was occupied by the British expedition composed of two men (Thomas W. Bagshawe and Maxime C. Lester) in 1921-22. Only the base of the vessel, the foundations of the door amounts and a sketch of the cabin and its extension still exist. The cabin is located near the Chilean station President Gabriel Gonzâles Videla. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile/United Kingdom7. Management Parties: Chile/United Kingdom. | 64° 49' S, 62° 51' O |
| 57 | Memorial plaque at Yankee Bay (Yankee Harbour), MacFarlane Strait, Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Near a Chilean shelter. Built in memory of Captain Andrew MacFarlane who, in 1820, explored the area of the Antarctic Peninsula on the two-mast Dragon sailboat. Parties that made a proposal: Chile/United Kingdom6. Management Parties: Chile/United Kingdom. | 62° 32' S, 59° 45' O |
| 58 | Site removed from the list. | |
| 59 | A cairn on Half Moon Beach, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, and a plaque on Cerro Gaviota on the other side of the San Telmo islets that commemorate the officers, soldiers and sailors on the Spanish ship San Telmo, which was to flow in September 1819; probably the first people who lived and lost their lives in Antarctica. Site incorporated in ZSPA n° 149. Parties that made a proposal: Chile/Spain/Peru6. Management Parties: Chile/Spain/Peru. | 62° 28' S, 60° 46' O |
| 60 | Wooden and cairn plaque at the Bay of the Manchots, southern coast of Seymour Island (Marambio), archipelago of James-Ross. This plaque was placed on 10 November 1903 by the crew of a rescue mission of the Argentinean corvette Uruguay in the site where it met the members of the Swedish expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld. The text of this plate reads as follows: 10.XI.1903 Uruguay (Argentina Navy) on a trip to help the Swedish Antarctic expedition. In January 1990, a cairn of rocks was erected by Argentina in memory of this episode at the place where the plate is located. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Argentina8. Management Parties: Argentina/Sweden. | 64° 16' S, 56° 39' O |
| 61 | Base A in Port Lockroy, island Goudier, off Wiencke Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Revealed historical importance as the Operation Tabarin base from 1944 and for scientific research, including the first measurements of the ionosphere, and the first recording of an atmospheric interference of Antarctica. Port Lockroy was a key monitoring site during the international geophysical year of 1957-58. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United Kingdom9. Management Party: United Kingdom. | 64° 49' S, 63° 29' 0 |
| 62 | Base F (Wordie House) on Winter Island, Argentine Islands. Reveals historical importance as an example of a first British scientific base. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United Kingdom9. Management Parties: United Kingdom/Ukraine. | 65° 15' S, 64° 16' O |
| 63 | Base Y on Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay, Graham Western Land. To be mentioned as a relatively unchanged and fully equipped British scientific base in the late 1950s. Blaiklock, the sheltered cabin located nearby, is considered to be an integral part of this base. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United Kingdom9. Management Party: United Kingdom. | 67° 48' S, 67° 18' O |
| 64 | Base E on Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay, Graham Western Land. Revealed historical importance during the early years of exploration and, later, the history of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) during the 1960s and 1970s. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United Kingdom9. Management Party: United Kingdom. | 68° 11' S, 67° 00' O |
| 65 | Message board, island Svend-Foyn, islands Possession. A panel to which a box is attached was placed on the island on 16 January 1895 during the Henryk Bull Whale Hunting Ship and Captain Leonard Kristensen of Antarctic. It was examined and judged intact by the British Antarctic Shipment of 1898-1900, then spotted from the beach by the USS Edisto in 1956 and the USCGS Glacier in 1965. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/Norway. | 71° 56' S, 171° 05' O |
| 66 | Cairn Prestrud, nunataks Scott, Alexandra Mountains, Edward-VII Peninsula. The small cairn of rocks was erected on 3 December 1911 at the foot of the main cliff on the north side of the nunataks by Lieutenant K. Prestrud during the Norwegian Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/Norway. | 77° 11' S, 154° 32' O |
| 67 | Rocky, Granite House, Cape Geology, Granite Harbour. This shelter was built in 1911 to be used as a rolling kitchen by the second geological tour of Griffith Taylor during the British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913. It was surrounded by three sides by granite rock walls while a sled was used to support a seal skin roof. The stone walls have partially collapsed. The shelter contains remains of corroded cans, seal skin and ropes. The sled is now located 50 m from the sea side of the shelter and it consists of some scattered pieces of wood, stirring and hooks. Site incorporated in ZSPA No. 154. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 00' S, 162° 32' E |
| 68 | Deposit site in Hells Gate Moraine, Inexpressible island, Terra-Nova bay. This emergency deposit consisted of a sled loaded with supplies and equipment that was placed there on 25 January 1913 by the British Antarctic Shipment 1910-1913. Sledge and supplies were removed in 1994 to address the deterioration of their condition. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 74° 52' S, 163° 50' E |
| 69 | Message panel at Cape Crozier, Island of Ross, erected on January 22, 1902 by Captain Robert F. Scott's Discovery 1901-04 expedition. Installed to provide information to the rescue vessels of the expedition, it had a metal message cylinder that has since been removed. Site incorporated in ZSPA no. 124. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 77° 27' S, 169° 16' E |
| 70 | Message panel at Cape Wadworth, Coulman Island. A metal cylinder nailed to a red panel 8 m above sea level, which Captain Robert F. Scott had placed on January 15, 1902. He painted in red and white the rocks in front of the panel to make it more obvious. Parties that made a proposal: New Zealand/Norway/United Kingdom9. Management Parties: New Zealand/United Kingdom. | 73° 19' S, 169° 47' E |
| 71 | Baie des Baleiniers, island Disappointment, South Shetland Islands. The site includes all the remains of the Baleiniers Bay before 1970, including those of the first whale expedition (1906-12) undertaken by Captain Adolfus Andresen of the Sociedad Ballenera de Magallanes, Chile; the remains of the Norwegian Hektor Whaling Station created in 1912 and all the objects associated with its operation until 1931; the site of a cemetery with 35 burials and a monument in memory of ten men lost at sea; and the vestiges of the period of British scientific and cartographic activities (1944-1969). The site also recognizes and commemorates the historical value of other events that have occurred there and of which nothing remains. Parties that made a proposal: Chile/Norway9. Management Parties: Chile/Norway/United Kingdom. | 62° 59' S, 60° 34' O |
| 72 | Cairn Mikkelsen, Tryne Islands, Vestfold hills. A cairn of rocks and a wooden mast erected by the landing team under the direction of Captain Klarius Mikkelsen of the Norwegian whaler Thorshavn, a team of which Caroline Mikkelsen, wife of Captain Mikkelsen, was the first woman to set foot on the Eastern Antarctica. The cairn was discovered in 1957 and in 1995 by field teams of the Australian National Antarctic Research Ship. Parties that made a proposal: Australia/Norway10. Management Parties: Australia/Norway. | 68° 22' S 78° 24' E |
| 73 | Cross in memory of the victims of the air accident in 1979 at Mount Erebus, Lewis Bay, Island of Ross. Stainless steel cross that was erected in January 1987 on a rocky promontory three kilometres from the site where the accident in memory of the 257 people of different nationalities who lost their lives when the plane in which they travelled crashed against the lower slopes of Mount Erebus, Island of Ross. The cross was erected as a sign of respect and memory of those who perished in tragedy. Part that, the first, made a proposal: New Zealand11. Management Party: New Zealand. | 77° 25' S, 167° 27' E |
| 74 | Anse sans nom sur la côte sud-Ouest de l'Île Elephant, y compris l'estran et la zone intertidale dans laquelle se trouve l' épave d'un grande sailier en bois. Part that, the first, made a proposal: United Kingdom12. Management Party: United Kingdom. | 61° 14' S, 55° 22' O |
| 75 | Cabane A from the Scott base, the only existing building of the transantarctic expedition 1956-1957 in the Antarctic, located at Point Pram, Isle of Ross, Ross Sea area, Antarctic. Part that, the first, made a proposal: New Zealand13. Management Party: New Zealand. | 77° 51' S, 166° 46' E |
| 76 | Ruins of the base Pedro Aguirre Cerda station, a Chilean meteorological and volcanoological centre located in the Antarus Pendulum, island Disappointment, Antarctica, which was destroyed by volcanic eruptions in 1967 and 1969. Part that, the first, made a proposal: Chile14. Management Party: Chile. | 62° 59' S, 60° 40' O |
| 1 Adopted by recommendation VII-9 (1972). 2 Amended by measure 5 (1995). 3 Adopted by recommendation XII-7 (1983). 4 Adopted by recommendation XIII-16 (1985). 5 Adopted by recommendation XIV-8 (1987). 6 Adopted by recommendation XV-12 (1989). 7 Adopted by recommendation XVI-11 (1991). 8 Adopted by recommendation XVII-3 (1992). 9 Adopted by measure 4 (1995). 10 Adopted by measure 2 (1996). 11 Adopted by measure 4 (1997). 12 Adopted by measure 2 (1998). 13 Adopted by measure 1 (2001). 14 Adopted by measure 2 (2001). | ||
Done in Paris, December 31, 2008.
Nicolas Sarkozy
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
François Fillon
Minister for Foreign Affairs
and European,
Bernard Kouchner
