Alexander Island location map

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  File identifier: 
      464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0
  Language: 
    Language Code: 
      eng
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      utf8
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      product
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      product
  Metadata author: 
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      Organisation name: 
        Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror
          Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  +44 (0)1223 221400
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
              City: 
                  Cambridge
              Administrative area: 
                  Cambridgeshire
              Postal code: 
                  CB3 0ET
              Country: 
                  United Kingdom
              Electronic mail address: 
                  magic@bas.ac.uk
          Online Resource: 
            Online Resource: 
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                  https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
              Name: 
                  Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website
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                  General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British 
                  Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website.
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                Online function code: 
                  information
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          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2025-08-01
  Metadata standard name: 
      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Alexander Island location map Date: Date: Date: 2025-06-07 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 2025-08-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Date: Date: Date: 2025-08-01 Date type: Date type code: released Edition: 1 Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0 464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0 Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1013 1013 Code Space: alias.data.bas.ac.uk Other citation details: Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2025, version 1, [https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1013](https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1013). Abstract: A small map indicating the location of Alexander Island within the wider Antarctica/South America region. The map covers the south-west tip of South America, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula and the Ronne Ice Shelf.
          
The map shows the extent of and is an extract from the "British Antarctic Survey, 2025. Alexander Island, 1:500 000 scale map. BAS Topographic Series, Sheet 4, Edition 1. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey." - data.bas.ac.uk/maps/topo4 Purpose: A small map indicating the location of Alexander Island within the wider Antarctica/South America region. Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Anchor: xlink: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-9122 title: orcid Gerrish, Laura Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: lauger@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-9122 Name: ORCID record Description: ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: author Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: magic@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic Name: Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded Maintenance note: Progress code: completed Graphic overview: BrowseGraphic: File name: https://cdn.web.bas.ac.uk/add-catalogue/0.0.0/img/items/464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0/1013-thumbnail.png File description: General overview of resource File type: image/png Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: unrestricted Other constraints: Anchor: xlink: #%5B%5D Open Access (Anonymous) Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: license Other constraints: Anchor: xlink: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. To view this licence, visit https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/. Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/d0d91e22-18c1-4c7f-8dfc-20e94cd2c107 d0d91e22-18c1-4c7f-8dfc-20e94cd2c107 Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Association Type: Association type code: largerWorkCitation Initiative Type: Initiative type code: collection Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/07d5b545-8546-4ccc-9a7a-00137d5fef0e 07d5b545-8546-4ccc-9a7a-00137d5fef0e Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Spatial resolution: Resolution: Equivalent scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 28000000 Language: Language Code: eng Character set: Character set code: utf8 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -80.0 East bound longitude: -20.0 South bound latitude: -79.0 North bound latitude: -50.0 Supplemental Information: {"physical_size_width_mm":113,"physical_size_height_mm":120}
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Distribution info: Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: magic@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic Name: Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: distributor Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/png PNG Version: missing Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/pdf PDF Version: missing Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: bytes Transfer size: 360156 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://files.bas.ac.uk/felnne_download/apps/zap-uploads/464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0/1013-alexander-island.png Name: PNG Description: Download information as a PNG image Function: Online function code: download Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: bytes Transfer size: 457960 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://files.bas.ac.uk/felnne_download/apps/zap-uploads/464c1976-677b-4a7e-a33d-401b4c4bb1b0/1013-alexander-island.pdf Name: PDF Description: Download information as an Adobe PDF Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info: Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: product Report: Domain consistency: Result: Conformance result: Specification: Citation: Title: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/profiles/magic-discovery-v1/ British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile Date: Date: Date: 2024-11-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: 1 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: magic@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic Name: Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Explanation: Resource within scope of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile. Pass: true Lineage: Lineage: Statement: Map produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.3 and Adobe Illustrator.
              
Data sources: * Coastline: SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024 for areas south of 60°S and Natural Earth for areas north of 60°S
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