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High resolution Antarctic lakes dataset - VERSION 7.10

A very incomplete dataset of surface lakes in Antarctica. Data have been prepared from various map and remotely sensed datasets.

Changes in v7.10 include new data for the South Orkney Islands and small regions of the Nordenskjold coast.

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/01940
Date (Publication)
2024-11-08
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01940
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 > Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Lakes
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctic Digital Database
  • Antarctica
  • Hydrography
  • Lakes
  • 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. (2024). High resolution Antarctic lakes dataset - VERSION 7.10 (Version 7.10) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c5f17526-4ef5-412e-859a-2e7c45522d3c''.

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

Access constraints
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Other constraints

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. (2024). High resolution Antarctic lakes dataset - VERSION 7.10 (Version 7.10) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c5f17526-4ef5-412e-859a-2e7c45522d3c''.

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
  • Inland waters
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Begin date
1993-01-01
End date
2024-02-27
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
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
This dataset might not comprehensively contain all lakes in Antarctica, due to the age and quality of the data.
File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01940 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2024-11-08
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/01940
 
 

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