Visitor Site Guidelines
The aim of these guidelines is to provide specific instructions on the conduct of activities at the most frequently visited Antarctic sites. This includes practical guidance for tour operators and guides on how they should conduct visits in those sites, taking into account their environmental values and sensitivities.
Guidelines Lists
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29. Damoy Point
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25. Detaille Island
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46. Cape Bird, Ross Island
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7. Neko Harbour
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8. Paulet Island
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23. Stonington Island
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16. Devil Island – Vega Island
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43. Cape Evans
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45. Cape Adare
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44. Hut Point
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21. Cape Royds
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28. Seabee Hook, Cape Hallett
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14. Snow Hill Hut
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12. Yankee Harbour
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18. Half Moon Island
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41. Georges Point, Rongé Island
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42. Portal Point
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17. Whalers Bay
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20. Telefon Bay (East), Deception Island
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40. Astrolabe Island
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35. Pendulum Cove
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13. Brown Bluff
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39. Yalour Islands
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38. Point Wild
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24. Horseshoe Island
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32. Mawson’s Huts and Cape Denison
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37. Orne Islands
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10. Pleneau Island
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9. Petermann Island
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6. Hannah Point
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27. Danco Island, Errera Channel
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19. Baily Head, Deception Island
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4. Jougla Point
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3. Cuverville Island
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2. Barrientos Island (Aitcho Islands)
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36. Orne Harbour
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33. D’Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island
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34. Port Charcot, Booth Island
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30. Taylor Valley
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31. Northeast beach of Ardley Island
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22. Wordie House, Winter Island
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15. Shingle Cove
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11. Turret Point
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5. Goudier Island
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1. Penguin Island
Map Access
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Documents
- Guidance for Visitors to the Antarctic 1994 (Attachment to Rec. XVIII-1)
- Guidelines on Contingency Planning, Insurance and Other Matters for Tourist and Other Non-Governmental Activities in the Antarctic Treaty Area (Attachment to Res. 6 (2017))
- General Guidelines for Visitors to the Antarctic (Annex 1 to Res. 4 (2021))
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