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Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline
- Version:
- 3.0
- Released:
- 2000
Citation
Cooper, P., Fox, A., Edwards, M., & Swithinbank, C. (2000). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline (Version 3.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b02ed95a-1e6e-4c2e-a220-5458be5fe826
If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as 'Data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024'.
Abstract
High resolution (Scale0) polyline dataset of the Antarctic Coastline. A compilation of source data from eleven national mapping agencies at data scales no larger than 1:200,000/1:250:000. Line dataset was originally published in tiled Coverage format. Data has since been converted and merged to a single dataset and exported to shapefile and geopackage formats. Scale0 is the highest resolution that was produced.
Changes in ADD Version 3.0 included ammendments to ice shelf positions, including many other minor corrections. These are available to view in detail in the ADD Manual (https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/).
Funding was recieved from Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) in 1999 which enabled British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to compile, manage and distribute the ADD.
For full details on the dataset, please refer to the ADD Manual v3.0: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/.
Due to the very wide and legacy sources of the data for this compilation, the dataset attributes are inconsistent in format and incomplete. The data are published as they stood at the time of their first publication in 2000. The most recent version of the Antarctic Digital Database is available at: https://data.bas.ac.uk/collections/e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389/