Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343:reg:16:p42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01343
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 42/51)
Character Range: 318304–321186

however, no surveys have been undertaken. The records from Mawson's expedition provide a dataset against which the results of modern research may be compared, and the site's isolation lends it considerable value for future use as a reference site for other areas that experience a greater level of human activities.

2. Aims and Objectives
Management of the Area aims to assist in planning and co-ordinating current and future activities in the Area, to avoid possible conflicts, and to improve co-operation between Parties in order to avoid degradation of, or substantial risk to, the values of the Area. Management objectives are:
    * to prevent degradation of the Area, its features, artefacts, and values;
    * to maintain the heritage values of the Area through planned conservation[2] and archaeological work programs; and
    * to provide for management activities which support the protection of the values and features of the Area.

3. Management Activities
The following management activities may be undertaken to protect the values of the Area:
    * research and other activities essential or desirable for understanding, protecting and maintaining the values of the Area;
    * the removal of objects not related to the AAE of 1911–14 and/or the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions (BANZARE) of 1929–31 and that compromise the historic and aesthetic values of the Area, provided that removal does not adversely impact on the values of the Area, and that the objects are appropriately documented prior to removal. Priority should be given to the removal of field infrastructure from the Visual Protection Zone, giving consideration to the needs (including those of safety) of conservation workers and the program of conservation works;
    * essential maintenance of other objects and infrastructure, including the Automatic Weather Station;
    * installation of signage to indicate the boundaries of the HSM and ASMA;
    * visitation of the Area as necessary to assess whether it continues to serve the purposes for which it was designated and to ensure that management activities are adequate; and
    * consultation with other national Antarctic programs operating in the region, or those with an interest or experience in Antarctic historic site management, with a view to ensuring the above provisions are implemented effectively.

4. Period of designation
The ASMA is designated for an indefinite period.

5. Description of the Area

5.1 Geographical coordinates, boundary markers and natural features
Cape Denison (67° 00' 13" S—67° 00' 0.50" S; 142° 39' 02" E—142° 41' 28" E) is located in the centre of Commonwealth Bay, a 60 km-wide stretch of coast in George V Land some 3,000 km south of Hobart, Australia. The Cape itself is a rugged, 1.5 km-wide tongue of ice, snow, rock and moraine projecting into Commonwealth Bay from the