Service Description: A very incomplete dataset of surface lakes in Antarctica. Data have been prepared from various map and remotely sensed datasets.
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Description: AbstractA very incomplete dataset of surface lakes in Antarctica. Data have been prepared from various map and remotely sensed datasets.
Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.
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Map projection: WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic, EPSG 3031. Note: by default, opening this layer in the Map Viewer will display the data in Web Mercator. To display this layer in its native projection use an Antarctic basemap.
The currency of this dataset is May 2020 and is reviewed every 6 months. This feature layer will always reflect the most recent version.
For more information on, and access to other Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) datasets, refer to the
SCAR ADD data catalogue.
For background information on the ADD project, please see the British Antarctic Survey
ADD project page.
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Data compiled from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Exact data sources and dates are contained within the attribute table of the data.
Citation
Please cite this item as: 'Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2020). High resolution Antarctic lakes dataset (7.3) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/6a27ab9e-1258-49b1-bd2c-fcbed310ab45'.
SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2020, https://doi.org/k5gd
Spatial Reference: 3031 (3031)
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Spatial Reference: 3031 (3031)
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