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A census of penguin colony counts (provided to OBIS) from the year 1900 to 1996 in the Antarctic Region

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This dataset is a census of penguin colony counts from the year 1900 in the Antarctic region. It forms part of the Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites within the Antarctic and subantarctic islands. The Antarctic and subantarctic fauna database (seabirds) is a database detailing the distribution and abundance of breeding localities for Antarctic and Subantarctic seabirds. Each species' compilation was produced by members of the SCAR Bird Biology Subcommittee. This separate metadata record has been created beacause it represents only the penguin colony counts that have been published to OBIS. Note: The Year (not day or month) date is only relevent in this dataset. The positions that have been published to OBIS include latitude and longitude positions that were not included within the original dataset. The latitude and longitude positions that were not noted by the observer have been created from the locality given by the observer using the Antarctic Composite Gazetteer. Two spreadsheets are available for download, from the URL given below. The original, unmodified spreadsheet is available, as well as a corrected spreadsheet. In the corrected spreadsheet, the AADC has attempted to reconcile the poorly presented localities into a single column. It is possible that some of these localities may not be correct. The fields in this dataset are: SCAR Number Species Region Locality Longitude Latitude Number of Colonies Number of Pairs Type and accuracy of count Data Date References Remarks These data are further referenced in ANARE Research Notes 9 - see reference below.

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Title A census of penguin colony counts (provided to OBIS) from the year 1900 to 1996 in the Antarctic Region
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7d9a3b16-24cc-4ac5-85a8-341b419c5bfb
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1901 - 31/12/1996
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        180.0,
        -80.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
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      ]
    ]
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}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "A census of penguin colony counts (provided to OBIS) from the year 1900 to 1996 in the Antarctic Region". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/a-census-of-penguin-colony-counts-provided-to-obis-from-the-year-1900-to-1996-in-the-antarctic-1