Rothera Station Hazards and Instruments
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 5, https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/2062.
Site map of Rothera Research Station, showing locations of hazards, instruments, buildings, and access and exclusion zones. Operations data plotted by Mapping and Geographic Information Centre with assistance from Facilities Engineering, Operations and Air Unit teams.
Projection: WGS84 UTM Zone 19S / Vertical datum: EGM2008.
Data sources and references can be found in the lineage.
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Bounding Coordinates
- South-West Corner (min x/y)
- South: -67.57416, West: -68.1386
- North-East Corner (max x/y)
- North: -67.56239, East: -68.1086
Temporal Range
- Start
- End
- -
Lineage Statement
Map Produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.7. Zoning and instrument location data was collated by Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, and checked with appropriate teams.
Data Sources
- Imagery: Rothera minimum snow cover survey orthomosaic, acquired February 2026, British Antarctic Survey
- Coastline: Gerrish, L., Ireland, L., Fretwell, P., Cooper, P., & Skachkova, A. (2026). High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline (Version 7.12) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/dbaf29f5-c8dc-4e79-aeb1-1df316e951ec - edited to more accurately match imagery.
- Elevation (station area): Rothera minimum snow cover survey 2025, British Antarctic Survey
- Elevation (ramp): Howat, Ian, et al., 2022, “REMA v2”, doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EBW8UC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, accessed Aug 2026.
- Instruments: BAS Engineering team
- Station and hazard zones: BAS Station Operations and Engineering teams
- Runway restrictions: BAS Air Unit
Replaces
Site map of Rothera Research Station, showing locations of hazards, instruments, buildings, and access and exclusion zones.
Part of these collections
A collection of maps produced for BAS Operations activities by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey.
A collection of maps produced for BAS Polar Estates activities.
Item Information
- Item ID
- 1ed3bf59-2cfb-4eef-a161-496972020941
- Item Type
- PRODUCT (MAP)
- Page Size
- 66.04 x 71.12 mm (width x height)
- Aliases
- Item edition
- 5
- Item Created
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- Item Status
- Item is complete and recommended for general use
- Item Update Frequency
- Item may be updated if needed
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- ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
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- ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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