High resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.2

Coastline for Antarctica created from various mapping and remote sensing sources, provided as polygons with ''land'', ''ice shelf'', ''ice tongue'' or ''rumple'''''' attribute. Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60S. Version 7.2 was published in May 2020. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and 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/01391
Date (Publication)
2020-10-06
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01391
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  Polar Data Centre,Natural Environment Research Council,UK Research & Innovation - Gerrish, Laura;Fretwell, Peter;Cooper, Paul
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 > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Antarctic Digital Database
  • Antarctica
  • Coastline
  • Land cover
  • Land use
  • Topographic mapping
Use limitation

This information is licensed under the Create 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. (2020). High resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline (Version 7.2) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/065B9ABC-1B5A-4FC6-AA57-9052428AA6CA

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 Create 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. (2020). High resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline (Version 7.2) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/065B9ABC-1B5A-4FC6-AA57-9052428AA6CA

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
2020-04-29
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
https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=065b9abc-1b5a-4fc6-aa57-9052428aa6ca
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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_01391 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-10-06
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/01391
 
 

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