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Medium resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.5
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01635

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Abstract:
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. 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.

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.

Keywords:
Antarctic Digital Database, Antarctica, Coastline, Land cover, Land use, Topographic mapping

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Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2022). Medium resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 7.5 (Version 7.5) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4e09c5d9-edf4-448e-aea7-2e56e9376aae

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