The Antarctic Specially Managed Areas (ASMAs) are protected areas on the continent of Antarctica. They are managed by the governments of Brazil, Poland, Ecuador, Peru, United States, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Chile, India, Russia, and Romania. The purpose of the ASMA sites are "to assist in the planning and coordination of activities within a specified area, avoid possible conflicts, improve cooperation between ATCPs and minimise environmental impacts. ASMAs may include areas where activities pose risks of mutual interference or cumulative environmental impacts, as well as sites or monuments of recognised historical value." Unlike the Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas are areas on the continent of Antarctica which are protected by scientists and several different international bodies. The protected areas were established in 1961 under the Antarctic Treaty System, which governs all the land and water south of 60 latitude and...

, ASMAs do not require a permit to enter.

List of ASMAs

• ADMA 1 - Admiralty Bay
• ADMA 2 - McMurdo Dry Valleys
  McMurdo Dry Valleys
  The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of snow-free valleys in Antarctica located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The region is one of the world's most extreme deserts, and includes many interesting features including Lake Vida and the Onyx River, Antarctica's longest river.-Climate:The Dry...
  
  
• ADMA 3 - Cape Denison
  Cape Denison
  Cape Denison is a rocky point at the head of Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Sir Hugh Denison of Sydney, a patron of the expedition...
  
  , Commonwealth Bay, George V Land
• ADMA 4 - Deception Island
• ADMA 5 - Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
  Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
  The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is the American scientific research station on the high plateau of Antarctica. This station is located at the southernmost place on the Earth, the Geographic South Pole, at an elevation of 2,835 meters above sea level.The original Amundsen-Scott Station was...
  
  , South Pole
• ADMA 6 - Larsemann Hills
  Larsemann Hills
  Larsemann Hills are a series of low rounded snow-free coastal hills along the SE shore of Prydz Bay. The hills extend W for 9 mi from Dalk Glacier. Discovered in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the whaling ship Thorshavn, sent out by Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen, and...
  
  , East Antarctica
• ASMA 7 - Southwest Anvers Island
  Anvers Island
  Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, which is the largest feature in the Palmer Archipelago, lying southwest of Brabant Island at the southwestern end of the group. Anvers Island is located at...
  
   and Palmer Basin

External links

• Official List of ASMA sites