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SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA N° 8 



Dion Islands, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula 

 Lat. 67°52' S., Long., 68°43' W. 



Description : A group of small, rocky, low-lying islands 

 in Marguerite Bay, about 15 kilometres south of Ade- 

 laide Island. The area is shown on the attached map. 



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SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS: GREEN ISLAND 



The Representatives, considering that the vegetation on Green 

 Island is exceptionally rich, that it is probably the most luxuriant 

 anywhere on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, that in some 

 places the humus is 2 metres thick and that this area, being of out- 

 standing scientific interest, should be protected because it is probably 

 one of the most diverse Antarctic ecosystems, recommend to their 

 Grovemments that the following be inserted in Annex B, Specially 

 Protected Areas, of the Agreed Measures for the Conservation of 

 Antarctic Fauna and Flora : 



SPECIALLY protected AREA N° 9 



Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Penin- 

 sula 

 Lat. 65°19' S., Long., 64n0' W. 



DESCRipnoN: A small island, measuring about 600 

 metres by 400 metres, situated 150 metres to the north 

 of the largest of the Berthelot Islands. The area is shown 

 on the attached map. 



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SPECIALLY protected AREAS : BYERS PENINSULA 



The Representatives, considering that Byers Peninsula supports a 

 considerable diversity of plant and animal life, including many 

 invertebrates, that a substantial population of Elephant Seals 

 {Mirounga leonina) and small colonies of Fur Seals {Arctocephalus 

 sp.) are found on the beaches, that Fur Seals breed on Window 

 Island and that the close association of such a large variety of 

 Antarctic plants and animals within a relatively small area is of 

 outstanding scientific interest, recommend to their Governments that 

 the following be inserted in Annex B, Specially Protected Areas, of 

 the Agreed Measures for the Ck)nservation of Antarctic Fauna and 

 Flora : 



