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Amanda Bay Satellite Image Map 1:100 000

Entry ID: amanda_bay_sat

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Summary

Abstract: Satellite image map of Amanda Bay, Antarctica. This map was produced for the Australian Antarctic Division by AUSLIG (now Geoscience Australia) Commercial, in Australia, in 1991. The map is at a scale of 1:100 000, and was produced from Landsat 4 TM imagery (124-108, 124-109). It is projected on a Transverse Mercator projection, and shows traverses/routes/foot track charts, glaciers/ice shelves, penguin colonies, stations/bases, runways/helipads, and gives some historical text information. The map has both geographical and UTM co-ordinates.

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Description: Amanda Bay satellite image map

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: -69.0

S: -70.0

E: 78.0

W: 75.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-12-01

Stop Date: 1991-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amanda Bay

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

OCEANS

Quality Please see URL link ('Amanda Bay, Antarctica, Image Map Information').

Data source: Landsat 4 TM imagery (scenes 124-108, 124-109, bands 2,3 and 4), acquired 20 January 1990.

Projection and Grid: Transverse Mercator, grid zone 43.

Co-ordinates: Geographical and UTM.

Horizontal datum: World Geodetic System 1984.

Magnetic Variation: 77 degrees west in 1992.

Nomenclature: Names have been approved by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia. Please see the URL link for details on the images and processes used to produce this map 'Amanda Bay, Antarctica, Image Map Information').

Access Constraints Contact the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=amanda_b... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Maps

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

AAD

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 6 kb

Distribution Format: Word

Fees: Free

Personnel

HENK BROLSMA

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3528

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: mapping at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-08

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