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Description: A small island, measuring about 500 

 metres by 300 metres, in Marshall Bay, off the south 

 coast of Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands. The 

 area is shown on the attached map. 



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SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS : SOUTHERN POWELL ISLAND 

 AND ADJACENT ISLANDS 



The Representatives, considering that southern Powell Island and 

 the adjacent islands support substantial vegetation and a considerable 

 bird and manunal fauna which is representative of the nntunil ecology 

 of the South Orkney Islands and which is rendered more important 

 by the presence of the nucleus of an expanding colony of Fur Seals 

 {Arctoceplwlui^ tropicalii gazelh), recommend to their Governments 

 that the following be insort<>d in Annex l\, SpK'ially Pr<>te<'tc<l Ar*»'a.«<, 

 of the Agreed Mciusures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna 

 and Flora : 



SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREA N" 15 



Southern Powell Island and Adjacent Islands, 



SoTJTH Orkney Islands 

 Lat. 60°45' S., Long., 45°02' W. 



Description: This area in the central South Orkney 

 Islands includes that part of Powell Island which is 

 south of the latitude of the southern summit of John 

 Peaks, together with the whole of Fredriksen Island, 

 Michelsen Island, Christoffersen Island, Grey Island 

 and the unnamed islands lying within the rectangle 

 marked on the attached map. 



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SPECIALLY PROTECTED SPECIES: B^R SEALS 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that the 

 following be inserted in Annex A, Specially Protected Species, of the 

 Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora : 



"All species of the genus Arctocephalits, Fur Seals." 



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SPECIALLY PROTECTED SPECIES : ROSS SEAL 



The Representatives recommend to their Governments that the 

 following species be inserted in Annex A, Specially Protected Species, 



