Rothera Operations Map

Topographic Map of the Ryder Bay region, including Rothera Research Station. Includes satellite imagery, contours, spot heights, and operational data. Projection: WGS84 Lambert Conformal Conic, standard parallels at 67°33’S and 67°35’S, central meridian at 68°07’W

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Map produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.1. Data sources:

Operations data : sourced from BAS Operations, 2024.
Coastline: SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024
Contours: derived from REMA v1 (Howat et al, 2019), adjusted for EGM08 geoid.
Spot Heights and survey points BAS Geodetic Survey Network and UK Antarctic Place-names Committee Gazetteer (accessed 2024)
Imagery: Copernicus Sentinel-2a imagery, acquired 2024-10-07
Bathymetry: Fremand, A. (2020). Gridded bathymetric compilation of Ryder Bay from raw and processed multibeam echosounder data collected by the RRS James Clark Ross (2001 - 2016) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/0F4D7D85-1E38-4E0E-80AF-1FCD85267FFC Anderson, John. Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) near the Antarctic Peninsula acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0201 (2002). Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) https://doi.org/10.1594/IEDA/100290 Jacobs, Stan. Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) from the Amundsen Sea acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0901 (2009). Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) https://doi.org/10.1594/IEDA/100388
Domack, Eugene. Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 1) near the Antarctic Peninsula acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 (2010). Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) https://doi.org/10.1594/IEDA/100394 Rynearson, Tatiana. Raw Acoustic Backscatter and Swath Bathymetry Data from the Southern Ocean acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1701 (2016). Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) https://doi.org/10.1594/IEDA/324281 Kate Retallick, Floyd Howard (2019) Raw bathymetry data of Ryder Bay acquired during RRS James Clark Ross expedition JR18003 (2018). Data under embargo. Shoal areas: Compiled from UK Hydrographic Office Admiralty Chart No. 3462 (1999) and BAS Scistamap Sheet 1B (1995).
Offshore rocks: Admiralty Chart, BAS Scistamap Sheet 1B and interpreted from BAS/5/05 aerial photographs. WARNING: The UK Hydrographic office has not verified the information within this product for navigation purposes and does not accept liability for accuracy of reproduction or any modification made thereafter. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION
Place names: selected from the British Antarctic Territory gazetteer, accessed 2024

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