BAS Data Catalogue

Version:: 7.10
Released:: 2024-11-12T17:08:12+00:00

Citation

Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2024). Medium resolution Antarctic moraine dataset (Version 7.10) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a

If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as 'Data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024'.

Abstract

An incomplete dataset of moraine in Antarctica. Data have been prepared from various map and remotely sensed datasets. This dataset has been generalised from the high resolution version but there are some inconsistencies in this dataset and the high resolution version is recommended.

Changes in v7.10 include new data for the South Orkney Islands.

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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Format	Size	Access
ArcGIS Feature Layer	N/A
ArcGIS Tile Layer (Vector)	N/A
GeoPackage	2.1MB	Download item
Shapefile (Zip)	0.6MB	Download item

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Service Endpoint: https://services7.arcgis.com/tPxy1hrFDhJfZ0Mf/arcgis/rest/services/Medium_resolution_Antarctic_moraine/FeatureServer
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You must include an acknowledgement if you use this item.

Gerrish, Laura

British Antarctic Survey

Email: lauger@bas.ac.uk

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-9122

Fretwell, Peter

British Antarctic Survey

Email: ptf@bas.ac.uk

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-5844

Cooper, Paul

British Antarctic Survey

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Location keywords

ANTARCTICA None

Bounding coordinates

Top-right corner:: North: -60.0, East: 180.0
Bottom-left corner:: South: -90.0, West: -180.0

Temporal range

From: 1993-01-01, To: 2023-02-10

Lineage statement

Data compiled from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Exact data sources are currently missing from the attribute table for the majority of data – the large majority was compiled in 1993 and digitized from the USGS 1:250k reconnaissance series maps dating from 1960s-1990s and DOS 1:250k series maps dating from 1960s and 1970s. Exact data sources can be provided on request in the format of vector lines.

The data newly added for the v7.10 release (South Orkney Islands) was generalised from the high resolution version by deleting polygons < 0.02 km2 in size and the ‘smooth polygon’ tool was then used in ArcGIS with the ‘PAEK’ algorithm and a smoothing tolerance of 200 m.

Please note: due to the versioning of the ADD, there are no versions 7.4-7.9 for this specific dataset.

Item ID:: 4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a
Item type:: Dataset
Data type:: Vector
Spatial reference system:: WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031)
Item created: 1993
Item published: 2024-11-12T17:08:12+00:00
Item released: 2024-11-12T17:08:12+00:00
Item updated: 2024-11-07

Keywords

BAS Research Topics:

Topographic mapping

ISO Topics

environment
geoscientificInformation

INSPIRE themes

Geology

GCMD Science Keywords

MORAINES
TOPOGRAPHY

Metadata information

Last updated:: 2024-11-12
Metadata standard:: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
Metadata standard version:: ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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