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Coppermine Peninsula

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from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
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Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 112 (SPA 16): Recommendation XVI-6 - Annex
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fauna. An exceptional feature of the vegetation is a 1.5 ha closed carpet of the mosses
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in about 1821 from the copper-coloured staining of the lavas and tuffs in the area.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
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Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.
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Management Plan for Specially Protected Area No. 16 Coppermine Peninsula.
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Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2010.
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ASPA 112: Coppermine Peninsula, Robert Island, South Shetland Islands.
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to the east. It is 1.7 km long, 500 m wide and rising to 105 m.
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is the rugged, rocky promontory forming the northwest extremity of
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Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.
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to the north and the 1 km wide and 460 m indenting
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Location of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Index



English Strait
Fort William

Alfatar Peninsula
Robert Island
South Shetland Islands
Antarctica
English Strait
Carlota Cove
Alfatar Peninsula
isthmus
Carlota Cove
62°22′54″S 59°41′53″W / 62.38167°S 59.69806°W / -62.38167; -59.69806
sealers
environmental
Antarctic Treaty System
Carlota Cove
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
plant communities
invertebrate
Calliergon sarmentosum
Calliergidium austro-stramineum
Drepanocladus uncinatus
peat
bryophytes
lichens
Antarctic hair grass
chinstrap penguins

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