Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline
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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
Electronic mail address:
magic@bas.ac.uk
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https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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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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2025-10-22
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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2008-11-12
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Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline
Date:
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Date:
1998
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creation
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1998
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1998
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1998
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2.0
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10.5285/70c8609b-2f88-4948-8af4-2ff90262547c
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Cooper, P., Fox, A., & Swithinbank, C. (1998). Scale0 vector line of the Antarctic coastline (Version 2.0)
[Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/70c8609b-2f88-4948-8af4-2ff90262547c
If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as 'Data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital
Database, 2024'.
Abstract:
The second edition of the Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) coastline polyline dataset. A compilation of source
data from eleven national mapping agencies at data scales no larger than 1:200,000/1:250:000. Line dataset
was originally published on CD-ROM in 1998, in tiled Coverage format. Data has since been converted and
merged to a single dataset and exported to shapefile and geopackage formats. Scale0 is the highest
resolution that was produced.
ADD Version 2.0 contained many amendments to the original data. Most corrections were made in Quadrant 4,
which covers the Antarctic Peninsula, parts of Ellsworth Land and Coats Land. A few features such as Doake
Ice Rumples, were inadvertently omitted from ADD Version 1.0, so were included in this version for the first
time. Data for the Ronne and Filchner ice shelves were also upgraded. A new map of James Ross Island was
incorporated, and the positions of ice fronts of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Wordie Ice Shelf and Wilkins
Ice Shelf were also amended using the latest available information. Other minor changes were also made and
documented in the ADD Manual (https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536533/)
The UK Consortium behind the ADD Version 1.0, passed the ongoing maintenance and revision of the ADD to
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for Version 2.0.
For full details on the dataset, please refer to the ADD Manual v2.0:
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536533/. Due to the very wide and legacy sources of the data for this
compilation, the dataset attributes are inconsistent in format and incomplete. The data are published as
they stood at the time of their first publication in 1998. The most recent version of the Antarctic Digital
Database is available at: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389/
Purpose:
High resolution (scale0) lines of the Antarctic coastline. This dataset was originally published in tiled
coverage format. Data has since been converted and merged to a single dataset and exported to shapefile and
GeoPackage formats. The data are published as they stood at the time of their first publication.
Point of contact:
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Individual name:
Cooper, Paul
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British Antarctic Survey
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Fox, Adrian
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British Antarctic Survey
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Swithinbank, Charles
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SPRI
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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:
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.
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Online function code:
information
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pointOfContact
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Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror
UK Polar Data 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:
polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk
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URL:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) - BAS public website
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General information about the NERC Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) from the British Antarctic Survey
(BAS) public website.
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Standing Committee on Antarctic Research
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of
Cambridge, Lensfield Road
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Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire
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CB2 1ER
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United Kingdom
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info@scar.org
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-90.0
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-60.0
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Time period:
Begin date:
1956
End date:
1998
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Organisation name:
Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror
UK Polar Data 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:
polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk
Online Resource:
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Linkage:
URL:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) - BAS public website
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General information about the NERC Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) from the British Antarctic
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Data quality info:
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Scope:
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dataset
Report:
Domain consistency:
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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
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Explanation:
Resource within scope of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre
(MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile.
Pass:
true
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
Compiled using data from eleven national mapping agencies at data scales no larger than
1:200,000/1:250:000. Dataset was originally published in tiled Coverage format, using Esri ArcInfo. Data
has now been merged to a single dataset using ArcMap v10.8 and exported to shapefile and geopackage
formats. Each line has attributes detailing the date ('CST00DAT'), and sources ('CST00SHT' and
'CST00SRC'). Data sources are dated between 1956-1997.
Data attributes are:
- CST00TYP - Coastline type (denoted by code, outlined below)
- CST00DAT - Datestamp of source data
- CST00INF - Text field for notes and comments
- CST00SHT - Reference for map sheet of digitised source data
- CST00EDT - Data editor
- CST00SRC - Source of data
- CST00REV - Revision date of data
Coast types are defined using the `CST00TYP` attribute, where:
- 22010 - ice coastline (definite),
- 22011 - rock coastline (definite),
- 22012 - grounding line (definite),
- 22013 - rock against ice shelf (definite),
- 22020 - ice wall (approximate),
- 22021 - rock coastline (approximate),
- 22022 - grounding line (approximate),
- 22023 - rock against ice shelf (approximate),
- 22030 - iceberg tongue
- 22040 - floating glacier tongue
- 22050 - ice shelf and front
- 22090 - ice rumples (distinct)
- 22100 - ice rumples (indistinct).
For full details on the dataset, including bibliography of sources, please refer to the ADD Manual v2.0:
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536533/
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