Kongsfjorden Local Area. Spitsbergen, Svalbard - Winter
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Kongsfjorden Local Area. Spitsbergen, Svalbard - Winter
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Map of Kongsfjorden local area, showing locations of huts, tracks and nature reserves as of June 2023, mapped
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Projection: UTM Zone 33N, Central Meridian 12°W
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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* Coastline: Digitised from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery (listed below)
* Spot Heights and Contours: Derived from Digital Terrain Model, Norwegian Polar
Institute (2014). Terrengmodell Svalbard (S0 Terrengmodell) https://-
doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.dce53a47
* Field Huts, Tracks, Nature Reserves, Rivers and Lakes: Norwegian Polar Institute
(2014). Kartdata Svalbard 1:100 000 (S100 Kartdata) / Map Data. https://-
doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.645336c7
* Place names: Place names in Norwegian polar areas (Svalbard). Norwegian Polar
Institute (2011). https://doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2011.a2813eb6
* Magnetic Declination: NCEI Geomagnetic Modeling Team and British Geological
Survey. 2019. World Magnetic Model 2020. NOAA National Centers for Environmental
Information. doi: 10.25921/11v3-da71, 2020, [2023-06-01]
* Base Imagery: Winter image - Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired 2022-06-25.
Summer image - Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired 2023-04-24.
* Note: Rivers and lakes may change in shape and size throughout the seasons and
disappear during winter months.
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