A map of sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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A map of sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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[https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1009](https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1009).
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A map of sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with the Polar Front also shown. The map
covers the region south of 45°S and selected place names are shown, primarily for the sub-Antarctic islands.
Map projection: WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic: Central Meridian 0°, Standard Parallel 67°30'S
Data sources and references can be found in the lineage.
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A map of sub-Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
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Gerrish, Laura
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British Antarctic Survey
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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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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+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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United Kingdom
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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Map produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.3. Data sources:
* Coastlines: SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024 for areas south of 60°S and Natural Earth for areas
north of 60°S
* Polar front: South Georgia GIS, accessed 2025
* Antarctic Circumpolar Current: the polygon was created by taking the 'Subantarctic front' as the
northern boundary and the 'Southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current' as the southern
boundary, from this source data: Orsi, AH., Harris, U. (2019) Fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar
Current - GIS data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre -
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/antarctic_circumpolar_current_fronts, Accessed: 2020-09-23
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