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: 17991–19640

2  Description
  Beaufort Island is the northern most feature of the Ross Archipelago, lying 19 km north of Cape Bird, Ross Island. It is a portion of the rim of a volcanic cone, the remainder of which has eroded away and is now submerged to the east of the island. The island, and the remains of the submerged caldera, block the predominantly westward drift of pack ice and icebergs calving from the nearby Ross Ice Shelf.  Grounded icebergs facilitate fast ice growth. Beaufort Island is predominantly rock but portions are ice and snow covered. On the south‑west side of the island there is a broad ice‑free shelf with raised beaches behind which summer ponds form, fed by small meltwater streams draining to the coast. Sloping ice fields  cover much of the west and north side of the island but the ice is receding. An extensive flat area of less than 50 m above sea level is at the north end of the island, where the ice cap of the island drains to a boulder beach.  The eastern side of the island facing the centre of the caldera is made up of near vertical cliffs.
  The protected area encompasses the whole of Beaufort Island above the mean high water mark, and includes adjacent fast‑ice occupied by breeding Emperor penguins. The coordinates of the fast‑ice component of the Area are:
  from the northern coast of Beaufort Island at 76° 55'44" S, 166° 52' 42 E north to 76° 55 30 S, 166° 52 49 E;
  from 76° 55' 30 S, 166° 52 49 E east to 76° 55 30 S, 167° 00 E;
  from 76° 55' 30 S, 167° 00 E south along the 167° longitude parallel to where it intersects with the coastline of Beaufort Island at 76° 55 30 S, 167° E.