James Ross Island

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  File identifier: 
      7a20c3b0-d553-4a69-93a3-ae5848291938
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      eng
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      utf8
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          Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  +44 (0)1223 221400
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                  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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            Online Resource: 
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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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                  information
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          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 
      2025-11-03
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      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
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      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: James Ross Island Date: Date: Date: 1995 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 1995 Date type: Date type code: publication Date: Date: Date: 1995 Date type: Date type code: released Edition: 1 Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/7a20c3b0-d553-4a69-93a3-ae5848291938 7a20c3b0-d553-4a69-93a3-ae5848291938 Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/4001 maps/4001 Code Space: alias.data.bas.ac.uk Series: Series: Name: BAS 100 Issue identification: 1 Other citation details: British Antarctic Survey. 1995. James Ross Island. BAS 100 Series (topographic maps), Sheet 2, 1:100 000. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey. Abstract: A 1:100 000 scale topographic map of James Ross Island, Antarctica, from 1995. The map covers James Ross, Snow Hill, Seymour and Vega islands, as well as surrounding smaller islands. Topographic details including the coastline, ice shelf fronts, contours, rivers, lakes, rock, moraine and surveyed elevations are shown on the map.
          
Map projection: WGS84 Lambert Conformal Conic: Central Meridian 57°35'W, Standard Parallels 60°40'S and 63°20'S. Latitude of origin 63°20'S.
          
Data sources and references can be found on the map. Purpose: A 1:100 000 scale topographic map of James Ross Island, Antarctica, from 1995. Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Anchor: xlink: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-0671 title: orcid Fox, Adrian 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: unknown Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-0671 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: Individual name: King, Sally 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: unknown Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk Name: British Antarctic Survey - BAS public website Description: Homepage for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: author Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Thomson, Janet 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: unknown Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk Name: British Antarctic Survey - BAS public website Description: Homepage for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. 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/7a20c3b0-d553-4a69-93a3-ae5848291938/4001-thumbnail.jpg File description: General overview of resource File type: image/jpeg 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/cf6dee46-493f-464c-8380-c8b2c5356508 cf6dee46-493f-464c-8380-c8b2c5356508 Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Association Type: Association type code: largerWorkCitation Initiative Type: Initiative type code: collection Spatial resolution: Resolution: Equivalent scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 100000 Language: Language Code: eng Character set: Character set code: utf8 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -58.666667 East bound longitude: -56.5 South bound latitude: -64.583333 North bound latitude: -63.75 Supplemental Information: {"physical_size_width_mm": 1135, "physical_size_height_mm": 1050, "sheet_number": "2"}
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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/jpeg JPEG Version: missing Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: bytes Transfer size: 13164261 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://files.bas.ac.uk/felnne_download/apps/zap-uploads/7a20c3b0-d553-4a69-93a3-ae5848291938/4001-james-ross-island.jpg Name: JPEG 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: The map was researched and compiled by A.J.Fox, 1994-1995. Map text compiled by S.King, 1995. Map design by S.King and J.W.Thomson.
              
Key data sources include Landsat satellite imagery from 1988 and 1977, aerial photography from a range of dates and sources, and bathymetric data from UK Hydrographic Office charts. Full details of data sources and references can be found on the map.
              
Prepared for multi-coloured reproduction by Lovell Johns Ltd. from digital data supplied by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey. Printed by Victoria Litho Ltd. This digital version has been scanned from an original paper copy of the printed map. Please note: the right-hand edge of the digital scan has been very slightly cut off, affecting only the series name in the top-right corner.
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