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High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.5

A new version of this dataset exists. To see the last version of the Antarctic Digital Database, have a look here: https://data.bas.ac.uk/collections/e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389/

Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources, consisting of the following coast types: ice coastline, rock coastline, grounding line, ice shelf and front, ice rumple, and rock against ice shelf. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. High resolution versions of ADD data are suitable for scales larger than 1:1,000,000. The largest suitable scale is changeable and dependent on the region.

Major changes in v7.5 include updates to ice shelf fronts in the following regions: Seal Nunataks and Scar Inlet region, the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf, between the Brunt Ice Shelf and Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, the Shackleton and Conger ice shelves, and Crosson, Thwaites and Pine Island. Small areas of grounding line and ice coastlines were also updated in some of these regions as needed.

Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01634
Date (Publication)
2023-11-09
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01634
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre - Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Contours
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctic Digital Database
  • Antarctica
  • Land cover
  • Land use
  • Topographic mapping
Use limitation

This information is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Please cite this item as ''Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2022). High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline (7.5) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/bc71347d-298a-4df3-88b0-cb9a908db166''.

If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as ''''data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, accessed [year]''

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This information is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Please cite this item as ''Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2022). High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline (7.5) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/bc71347d-298a-4df3-88b0-cb9a908db166''.

If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as ''''data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, accessed [year]''

Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
1993-01-01
End date
2022-05-06
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
OnLine resource
GET DATA ( http )
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
No special comments
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01634 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2023-11-09
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01634
 
 

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