Atlas Cove Terrestrial Photos - historic ANARE Base
Entry ID: atlas_cove_photos

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Summary
Abstract: Photographs and photo locations of the historic Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) base at Atlas Cove on Heard Island.

The station was established 11 December 1947 and was closed down on 9 March 1955.

Photos were taken in March of 2008 by Kerry Steinberner during a visit to Heard Island. The map used to locate the images is described in the following metadata record:

Topographic Survey at Atlas Cove, Heard Island, November 2000 [atlas_survey2000_gis]

The images include shots of the remains of ANARE buildings, vehicles, tanks, debris, fences, artefacts and flora.

The dataset includes a copy of the images, an excel spreadsheet cataloguing the images, and shapefiles showing the image locations.
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Description: Download point for the shapefiles showing photo locations
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -54.62   S: -54.62   E: 158.86   W: 158.86
  N: -66.28   S: -66.28   E: 110.53   W: 110.53
  N: -67.6   S: -67.6   E: 62.87   W: 62.87
  N: -68.58   S: -68.58   E: 77.97   W: 77.97

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1995-05-01
Access Constraints More information (including the data) is available at the url given below.
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=SOE_pota... when using these data.
Data Set Progress
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Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
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 Format: html, excel
Fees: free
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-06-24
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-04-27

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