Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C01080:clause:1_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C01080
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2
Character Range: 140989–142054

2  Description
  Charcot Island is roughly circular in shape, approximately 50 km across and is separated from northwest Alexander Island (approximately 100 km away) by Wilkins Sound to the east and Attenborough Strait to the south.
The boundary of the Area is as follows:
 (a) starting at the most north‑easterly corner of the Area, on the northern coast of Charcot Island, at 69°43′07″S, 75°00′00″W, it follows the coastline west to the point on the coast at 69°48′00″S, 75°19′19″W;
 (b) then east inland to a point on the Charcot Island ice cap at 69°48′00″S, 75°00′00″W;
 (c) then north to the coast at 69°43′07″S, 75°00′00″W.
The Area also includes Cheeseman Island, located at 69°43′24″S, 75°11′00″W.
There are no boundary markers demarcating the Area. The maximum dimensions of the Area are 9.2 km north to south and 17.0 km east to west (106.5 km2). The Area includes ice cap that extends at least 4 km to the south and east of Marion Nunataks, which is intended to act as a buffer zone to prevent accidental importation of species not native to the Area.