NERC Data Catalogue Service
Medium resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.8
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 60degS. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. This dataset has been generalised from the high resolution vector polyline. Medium resolution versions of ADD data are suitable for scales smaller than 1:1,000,000, although certain regions will appear more detailed than others due to variable data availability and coastline characteristics.
Changes in v7.8 include updates to the Brunt, Wilkins and Stange Ice Shelves, Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers and James Ross Island ice fronts.
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/01790
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-05-10
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01790
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Contours
- EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Antarctic Digital Database
- Antarctica
- Coastline
- Land cover
- Land use
- Topographic mapping
- Use limitation
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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., Ireland, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2023). Medium resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline (7.8) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/cddac04f-ea6e-439f-9e54-36db0d8c843f''.
If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as ''''data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2023''
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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., Ireland, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2023). Medium resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline (7.8) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/cddac04f-ea6e-439f-9e54-36db0d8c843f''.
If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as ''''data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2023''
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Geoscientific information
- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 1993-01-01
- End date
- 2023-11-01
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- Protocol
- http
- Name
- GET DATA
- Function
- download Download
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- No special comments
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01790 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-05-10
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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