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          Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, 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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                  United Kingdom
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                  magic@bas.ac.uk
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                  General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British 
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  Identification info: 
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      Citation: 
        Citation: 
          Title: 
              Hillshade for British Antarctic Territory
          Date: 
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              Date: 
                  2026-02-17
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                  2026-02-17T14:38:00+00:00
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              Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 1, 
              [https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/d6a0c661-c321-4849-b2af-e993acd96d2f](https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/d6a0c661-c321-4849-b2af-e993acd96d2f).
      Abstract: 
          Hillshade covering British Antarctic Territory, constructed using Reference Elevation Mosaic of Antarctica 
          (REMA) v2.0 10m mosaic dataset. It is made up of two layers, a traditional hillshade with a Z factor of 5, 
          which is overlaid with a multidirectional hillshade with a Z factor of 2, and displayed with a 30% 
          transparency, such that overall effect is a good balance between capturing detail around the peaks and also 
          the flatter areas. The hillshade coastline matches the Antarctic coastline dataset v7.11 distributed by the 
          [Antarctic Digital Database](https://scar.org/library-data/maps/add-digital-database).
      Purpose: 
          Hillshade covering British Antarctic Territory, constructed using REMA v2.0 10m mosaic dataset.
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              Ireland, Louise
          Organisation name: 
            Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror
              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
                  Postal code: 
                      CB3 0ET
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                      United Kingdom
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              Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
          Contact info: 
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                Telephone: 
                  Voice: 
                      +44 (0)1223 221400
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                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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                    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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              UK Research and Innovation
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                      Polaris House
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                      Swindon
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                      SN2 1FL
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                      United Kingdom
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              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/.
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                  Environmental Systems Research Institute
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                          Redlands
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                          California
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                          92373
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                          United States of America
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                        unknown
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  Data quality info: 
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                Citation: 
                  Title: 
                    Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/profiles/magic-discovery/v2/
                      British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery 
                      Metadata Profile
                  Date: 
                    Date: 
                      Date: 
                          2025-11-24
                      Date type: 
                        Date type code: 
                          publication
                  Edition: 
                      2
                  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: 
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              Explanation: 
                  Resource within scope of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre 
                  (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile.
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                  true
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          Statement: 
              The Reference Elevation Mosaic of Antarctica (REMA) v2.0 10m tiles that cover British Antarctic Territory 
              were downloaded and mosaicked into a single dataset using ArcGIS Pro v3. A multidirectional hillshade 
              was then produced using this mosaic, with a Z factor of 2 and second traditional hillshade with a Z 
              factor of 5. Both were clipped using a polygon derived from the Antarctic Digital Database high 
              resolution coastline polygon dataset (v7.11). The multidirectional hillshade was then overlaid on the 
              traditional hillshade, and given a transparency of 30%. Final contrast enhancements were applied to 
              ensure the two layers in combination achieved the desired effect. The two hillshades were shared as a 
              single tile layer to ArcGIS Online.
              
              Input data references:
              
              * Coastline: Gerrish, L., Ireland, L., Fretwell, P., Cooper, P., & Skachkova, A. (2025). High resolution 
              vector polygons of the Antarctic coastline (Version 7.11) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. 
              https://doi.org/10.5285/7d6793c2-2513-4752-8f37-11db5b791fb5
              
              * REMA v2.0 DEM: Polar Geospatial Centre and Howat, Ian, et al., 2022, “The Reference Elevation Model of 
              Antarctica – Mosaics, Version 2”, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EBW8UC, Harvard Dataverse, V1, accessed 
              November 2023
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          license
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          This information is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence 
          (CC BY-ND 4.0). To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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