Two Step Cliffs, Alexander Island
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Two Step Cliffs, Alexander Island
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1998
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British Antarctic Survey, 1998. Two Step Cliffs, Alexander Island, 1:10 000 scale map. Series BAS 10,
Sheet 1, Edition 1b. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey.
Abstract:
A 1:10 000 scale topographic map of the Two Step Cliffs and Mars Oasis region, Alexander Island, from 1998.
Topographic details including exposed rock, moraine, disturbed ice, lakes and meltpools, crevasses,
grounding lines, contours and survey points are shown on the map. Note: meltwater pools and lakes are
frequently changing in this region, and the areas shown on the map are only current for 1994 and 1996, the
dates of the source aerial photography.
Map projection: WGS84 Lambert Conformal Conic.
Data sources and references can be found in the lineage.
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A 1:10 000 scale topographic map of the Two Step Cliffs and Mars Oasis region, Alexander Island, from 1998.
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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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United Kingdom
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magic@bas.ac.uk
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
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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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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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Photogrammetric compilation by M.L. Gray, British Antarctic Survey (1997).
### Compilation and accuracy details:
**Photogrammetric accuracy assessment:**
* A: Highest accuracy - spherical RMS error + /- 3 m
* B: Lowest accuracy - spherical RMS error +/- 10 m (details of A and B regions given on the map)
**Ground control:**
Adjusted British Antarctic Territory survey network (1985) and British Antarctic Survey GPS survey (1995).
**Aerial photography:**
* Vertical: BAS/4195 No.s 54 - 66 (Evens), Dec 1994
* Oblique: M.L. Gray, 18/12/96. (Used to determine flood levels)
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