Map of the Arctic with populated places, rivers and lakes
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Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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Map of the Arctic with populated places, rivers and lakes
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2020-02-20
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2025, version 1,
[https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1015](https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/1015).
Abstract:
This 1:16 000 000 scale map covers the Arctic north of 60°N, with shaded relief, rivers, lakes and towns shown
on the map. The land and sea are represented with appropriately shaded colour ramps and hillshades.
Map projection: WGS84 Arctic Polar Stereographic: Central Meridian 0°, Standard Parallel 71°N.
Data sources and references can be found in the lineage. The map was made in CMYK colour mode.
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A 1:16 000 000 scale map covering the Arctic north of 60°N, with shaded relief, rivers, lakes and towns.
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Gerrish, Laura
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British Antarctic Survey
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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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lauger@bas.ac.uk
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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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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
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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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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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2024-11-01
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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
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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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Map produced in ArcMap and Adobe Illustrator. The colour mode for the map is CMYK.
Data sources:
* Coastline: Natural Earth and https://doi.org/10.5285/8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429
* Bathymetry and land elevation: GEBCO Compilation Group (2019) GEBCO 2019 Grid
(doi:10.5285/836f016a-33be-6ddc-e053-6c86abc0788e)
* Lakes and rivers: Natural Earth
* Towns: Natural Earth, adapted with reference to the Times Atlas of the World
* Place names: with reference to the Times Atlas of the World
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