This page provides access to information about protected areas in Antarctica. The information is derived from the "List of Protected Areas in Antarctica" (Shears and Downie, 1997), published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, and supplemented by material from Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) Bulletins.
For an introduction to the various categories of protected area in Antarctica, please click here. Each category of protected area may be accessed either as a list or via an active map interface. Clicking on the icons in the following table will take you to the appropriate information.
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| Specially Protected Areas (SPAs) | |
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| Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) | |
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| Historic Sites and Monuments (HSMs) | |
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| CCAS Seal Reserves | |
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| CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Programme (CEMP) sites | |
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| Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) | |
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| Other Protected Areas (SRAs and MPAs) | |
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Further information on protected areas, including Management Plans and maps of individual sites (with the exception of CEMP sites) can be found in the Handbook of the Antarctic Treaty System (Heap, 1994). Additions or amendments to SPAs, SSSIs and HSMs since the publication of the Handbook in 1994 are given in the final reports of subsequent ATCMs. Details of the CEMP sites can be found in the CCAMLR publication Schedule of Conservation Measures in Force 1996/97 (CCAMLR,1996).