2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas of Antartica

Information extracted from the July 2018 WDPA release

This list was compiled from data based on the July 2018 version of the WDPA. In addition to protected areas with spatial data in the WDPA, the 2018 version of the UN List includes sites for which no spatial data is available but which have been provided by the relevant country. Management effectiveness information is extracted from GD-PAME. Both databases are updated and released via www.protectedplanet.net on a monthly basis. The depiction and use of boundaries and related data shown on maps are not guaranteed to be error free nor do they necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Designation Type/ Designation in English / Name of Protected Areas Status Year of designation Area (km2) IUCN category PAME methodology Year of PAME assessment
National
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
Cape Royds, Ross Island Designated 1975 4.60 Ia Not Reported 0
Clark Peninsula Designated 1985 9.82 Ia Not Reported 0
Multiple Use Planning Area
South-west Anvers Island Designated 0 1535.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Ablation Point-Ganymede Heights Designated 1989 186.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Arrival Heights, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island Designated 1975 1.10 Ia Not Reported 0
Bahia Chile (Discovery Bay),Greenwich I., etc Designated 1987 0.80 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Barwick Valley Designated 1975 279.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Biscoe Point, Anvers Island Designated 1985 2.70 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Byers Peninsula Designated 1975 65.70 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell, etc. Designated 1985 1.20 Ia Not Reported 0
Cape Crozier Designated 1975 19.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cape Shirreff, Livingston I., S. Shetland Is. Designated 1989 6.30 Ia Not Reported 0
Caughley Beach, Cape Bird, Ross Island Designated 1985 0.30 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cierva Point Designated 1985 51.80 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Eastern Dallman Bay Designated 1991 710.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Fildes Peninsula, King George I., S. Shetland Is. Designated 1975 1.80 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Harmony Point, W. coast Nelson I., S. Shetland Is. Designated 1985 4.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Haswell Island Designated 1975 1.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Linnaeus Terrace, Asgard Range, Victoria Land Designated 1985 3.20 Ia Not Reported 0
Lions Rump, King George I., South Shetland Is. Designated 1991 1.30 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Mount Flora, Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Designated 1989 0.60 Ia Not Reported 0
North-western White Island Designated 1985 170.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Parts of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands Designated 1985 1.70 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Port Foster, Deception I., South Shetland Is. Designated 1987 1.90 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Potter Peninsula, King George I., S.Shetland Is. Designated 1985 1.90 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Rothera Point, Adelaide Island Designated 1985 0.10 Not Reported Not Reported 0
South Bay, Doumer Island, Palmer Archipelago Designated 1987 1.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Summit of Mount Melbourne, northern Victoria Land Designated 1987 8.40 Ia Not Reported 0
Svarthamaren, Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, etc. Designated 1987 3.80 Ia Not Reported 0
Tramway Ridge, Mount Erebus, Ross Island Designated 1985 0.01 Ia Not Reported 0
Western Bransfield Strait Designated 1991 1100.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Western Shore of Admiralty Bay Designated 1979 175.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Yukidori Zawa, Langhovde, Lützow-Holmbukta Designated 1987 3.60 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Specially Protected Area
Archipel de Pointe Géologie, Terre Adélie Designated 1995 2.00 Ia Not Reported 0
Avian Island, off S. coast Adelaide I., Ant. Pen. Designated 1991 0.80 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Beaufort Island Designated 1966 18.40 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cape Hallett, Victoria Land Designated 1966 0.20 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Coppermine Peninsula, Robert I., S. Shetland Is. Designated 1970 0.90 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Cryptogam Ridge, Mount Melbourne, Victoria Land Designated 1991 0.70 Ia Not Reported 0
Dion Islands Designated 1966 6.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Forlidas Pond and Davis Valley ponds, Dufek Massif Designated 1991 9.80 Ia Not Reported 0
Green Island, Berthelot Islands, Antarctic Pen. Designated 1966 0.10 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Lagotellerie Island Designated 1985 1.20 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Litchfield Island Designated 1975 2.70 Ia Not Reported 0
Lynch Island, South Orkney Islands Designated 1966 0.10 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Moe Island Designated 1966 1.30 Not Reported Not Reported 0
New College Valley' Caughley Beach Designated 1985 0.10 Ia Not Reported 0
Northern Coronation Island Designated 1985 88.50 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Sabrina Island, Balleny Islands Designated 1966 0.40 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Southern Powell Island and adjacent Islands Designated 1966 18.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0
Strict Protected Area
North Dufek Massif Designated 0 0.00 Not Reported Not Reported 0