PRODUCT (WEB MAP)

Antarctica and Southern Ocean basemap

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BAS Antarctic Mapping Datasets
Edition: 2
Published: 06 July 2026

Citation

Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 2, https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/5003.

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A basemap of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, south of 50°S. Consists of a hillshade for the land areas of Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic, ocean bathymetry and coastlines of Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic.

The basemap was created in the Esri platform. It is accessible as a map using Esri software. For users of other platforms, the 3 layers making up the map can be added individually.

See the Related tab to view the layers making up this basemap, and how to access them.

Created by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey.

Projection: WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic.

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Ireland, Louise

British Antarctic Survey

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-0486

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Open Government Licence (OGL 3.0)

UK Research and Innovation

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Bounding Coordinates

South-West Corner (min x/y): South: -90.0, West: -180.0
North-East Corner (max x/y): North: -50.0, East: 180.0

Temporal Range

Start: 01 January 1993
End: 10 April 2026

Lineage Statement

Basemap is published in ArcGIS Online. The constituent layers of the map, and how to access them can be found in the Related tab.

Replaces

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean basemap

A basemap of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, south of 50°S.

PRODUCT (MAP)|Ed. 1|20 November 2025

Contains these items as layers

Antarctica and Southern Ocean Hillshade and Bathymetry

Hillshade and bathymetry compilation of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, south of 50°S. Created by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey.

PRODUCT (MAP)|Ed. 1|13 May 2026

Vector polygons of the Sub-Antarctic coastline

Coastline for area between 50°S and 60°S, published to support the Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) web map.

DATASET|v1.0|06 November 2020

High resolution vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline

Antarctic coastline south of 60°S, consisting of ice coastline, rock coastline, grounding line, ice shelf and front, ice rumple, and 'rock against ice shelf' line features.

DATASET|v7.12|12 May 2026

Part of these collections

BAS Antarctic Mapping Datasets

A collection of geospatial datasets and basemaps of Antarctica published by the British Antarctic Survey's Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC).

COLLECTION|7 items

Item Information

Item ID: 97b5a82c-bb93-40bb-8aab-4b331477c6fd
Item Type: PRODUCT (WEB MAP)
Aliases: maps/5003
Item edition: 2
Item Created: 24 June 2026
Item Published: 06 July 2026
Item Released: 06 July 2026
Item Status: Item is complete and recommended for general use
Item Update Frequency: Item may be updated if needed

Metadata Information

Last updated: 16 July 2026
Metadata Standard: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
Metadata Standard Version: ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata Profiles: British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile (v2)
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Administration Metadata Profile (v1)
Metadata Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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Item page build time: 16 July 2026 15:57:41 UTC

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