Yankee Harbour ANTARCTIC King George Is

Yankee Harbour ANTARCTIC King George Is.

TREATY Ferraz Station Turret Point Yankee Harbour visitor siteAdmiralty guide Bay Elephant Is. Maxwell Bay Penguin Island 62˚32’S, 59˚47’W - South-western Greenwich Island. Marsh/frei Stations Great Wall Station Bellingshausen Station Arctowski Station Artigas Station Jubany Station King Sejong Station Potter Cove Key features Aitcho Islands Nelson Is. Robert Is. - Gentoo Penguins Mitchell Cove Greenwich Is. Robert Point

Fort Point - Open walking areas Half Moon Is. YANKEE HARBOUR Livingston Is. - Artefacts from sealing operations

Hannah Point Bransfield Strait Snow Is. Telefon Bay Pendulum Cove Gourdin Is. Deception Is. Baily Head Vapour Col Cape Whaler's Bay Dubouzet B. O'higgins Station Description Astrolabe Cape Hope Island Legoupil Bay Topography A small glacial-edged harbour, enclosed by a curved gravel spit. A large terraced beach area includes a a insul melt-pool to the east. Beyond the beach, steep scree slopes rise to a rugged knife-edge summit. Pen inity Fauna Confirmed breeders: Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis( papua) andNorthwest skuas (Catharacta, (Nw) spp.). Suspected Tr breeders: Snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba) and Wilson’s storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus). Regularly haul Subarea Bone Bay out: Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), Weddell seals (LeptonychotesTower weddellii Is. ), and Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). Flora Deschampsia antarctica, Colobanthus quitensis, swards of moss species, Xanthoria spp. and other Trinity Is. Charcot crustose lichens, and the green alga Prasiola crispa. Bay Other Artefacts from early sealing activities may be found along the inner shoreline.

Mikklesen Harbor Visitor Impact

Known impacts None. Potential impacts Disturbance of wildlife, damage to the sealing remains and trampling vegetation.

Landing Requirements

Ships* Ships carrying 500 or fewer passengers. One ship at a time. No more than 3 ships carrying more than 200 passengers per day (midnight to midnight). Visitors No more than 100 visitors ashore at once, exclusive of expedition guides and leaders. 1 guide per 20 visitors. No visitors ashore between 22:00hrs and 04:00hrs (local time), except for those engaged in organised overnight stays. This is in order to establish a resting period for the wildlife.

Visitor Area

Landing Area Along the gravel spit, preferably on the inside. Closed Areas Raised terraces above the melt pool with nesting gentoo penguins and the scree slopes above. Guided Walking Areas None. Free Roaming Areas Visitors may roam freely under supervision anywhere on the site, except for the closed area. Longer walks are possible along the curved spit, towards the glacial moraine on the southeastern side, and towards the glacier in the northeast.

Visitor Code of Conduct

Behaviour ashore Walk slowly and carefully. Maintain a precautionary distance of 5 metres from wildlife and give animals the right-of-way. Increase this distance if any change in behaviour is observed. Be careful near Antarctic fur seals, they may be aggressive. Do not walk on any vegetation. Cautionary notes Be careful around the sealing remains to avoid damage and do not move any artefacts. Be careful of the wires around the navigational mast. Be aware that glacier calving may produce dangerous waves.

* A ship is defined as a vessel which carries more than 12 passengers. Yankee Harbour ANTARCTIC TREATY Yankee Harbour visitor site guide 62˚32’S, 59˚47’W - South-western Greenwich Island.

Yankee Harbour from above: showing the gravel spit enclosing the landing beach

Yankee Harbour landing site Artefacts from early sealing activities (a trypot) found on the inner shoreline

YANKEE HARBOUR

Gentoo penguins Navigation mast

Scattered moss beds X Antarctic Site Inventory stake

A Closed area Melt lake (seasonal, variable) Glacier

LANDING AREA

Sealing artefacts A

X Navigation N 0 mast

150 metres More gentoo penguins, Contour intervals = 15 metres moraine