Alexander Island location map
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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
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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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Title:
Alexander Island location map
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2025-06-07
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2025-08-01
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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.
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Gerrish, Laura
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British Antarctic Survey
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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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
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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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:
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URL:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/.
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-50.0
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Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror
Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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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
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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2024-11-01
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Edition:
1
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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:
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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)
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Resource within scope of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre
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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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