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Covering all land and ice shelves south of 60°S. Suitable for topographic mapping and analysis. High resolution versions of ADD data are suitable for scales larger than 1:1,000,000. The largest suitable scale is changeable and dependent on the region.\n\nChanges in v7.12 include updates to the ice shelves around Alexander Island, such as Wilkins, George VI and Bach Ice Shelves; the coastline around Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers, Bryan Coast and Abbot Ice Shelf, and changes to the coast at Vaughan Inlet. Offshore islands to the north of Alexander Island were also added to the data.\n\nData 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.", "purpose": "Antarctic coastline south of 60°S, consisting of land, ice shelf, ice tongue, and rumple features as polygons.", "dates": { "creation": "1993", "publication": "2026-05-12T08:20:46+00:00", "revision": "2026-04-22", "released": "2026-05-12T08:20:46+00:00" }, "edition": "7.12", "other_citation_details": "Gerrish, L., Ireland, L., Fretwell, P., Cooper, P., & Skachkova, A. (2026). High resolution vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline 2 (Version 7.12) [Data set]. 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