Jade Point (JADE)
63˚36’S, 57˚35’W Magnetic declination: 11.7˚E Inventory subarea: NE Inventory acronym: JADE Site Sensitivity: LOW Location — History — Features Gently sloping, rocky point forming the S limit of Eyrie Bay in the Trinity Peninsula. Named because of its lower, green-tinged, ice slopes. Landing Characteristics Rocky, morainal landing beach. Continental landing on the Trinity Peninsula. Antarctic Site Inventory Effort Visits by Antarctic Site Inventory researchers, 1994-2003: 1. December 22, 2001 JC LC Endeavour 2. January 2, 2002 RP Endeavour Assessment and monitoring . Preliminary surveying. Fauna — Flora — Censuses Penguins & flying birds . Gentoo and Adélie penguin, Wilson’s storm-petrel, kelp gull, south polar skua, and Antarctic tern observed, but none observed breeding. Seals . Weddell and leopard seals on nearby ice floes and offshore. Flora . None noted. Conservation Aspects Site sensitivities . None noted. Visitation Aspects Numbers of tourist zodiac landings and participating visitors, 1989-2003:
Note : Inventory researchers visited this site twice from a tour ship during the 2001-02 season; however, these landings are, inexplicably, not listed in the NSF compilations. Proximate visitor sites . On the Trinity Peninsula: Crystal Hill, Bald Head, Camp Hill, Crystal Hill, and View Point; Cape Burd on the Tabarin Peninsula; Eagle Island; Dcvil Island; and False Island Point on Vega Island. |
