An A4 overview map of The South Sandwich Islands
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An A4 overview map of The South Sandwich Islands
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 1,
[https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1018](https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1018).
Abstract:
An A4 map of the South Sandwich Islands. The map includes the 11 main islands and represents the land area
with a standard greyscale hillshade. The surrounding sea floor is shown using GEBCO 2025 bathymetry data as
a classified layer and also in relief using a hillshade. The Scotia Sea, South Sandwich Trench and Forsters
Passage are also labelled. A small inset map is displayed in the corner, indicating The South Sandwich
Islands location within the wider South Atlantic region.
Map Projection: WGS84 South Georgia Lambert, EPSG 3762. Central Meridian 37W
Data sources and references can be found in the lineage.
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An A4 map of the 11 South Sandwich Islands and surrounding seas.
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Hughes, Tom
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British Antarctic Survey
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
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CB3 0ET
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Tom.Hughes@bas.ac.uk
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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UKRI Research and Innovation
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
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Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire
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CB3 0ET
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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2025-11-24
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
City:
Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire
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CB3 0ET
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United Kingdom
Electronic mail address:
magic@bas.ac.uk
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website
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Map produced in ArcGIS Pro 3.5.0
Data sources:
- Elevation: Howat, Ian, et al., 2022, “The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica – Mosaics, Version 2”,
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EBW8UC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, accessed Jan 2025
- Bathymetry: GEBCO Compilation Group (2025) GEBCO 2025 Grid
(doi:10.5285/37c52e96-24ea-67ce-e063-7086abc05f29)
- Coastline: South Georgia GIS, accessed 2024
Placenames: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands gazetteer, accessed December 2025
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