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Adelie Penguin Distributions in the Davis Area, Antarctica

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This dataset contains data on the habitats, distribution and numbers of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) along the Vestfold Hills coast (including colonies on the mainland and offshore islands) during November 1973. The data are obtained from counts at the colonies and black and white photographs. Some aerial photographs were taken at Davis in 1981-82 and 1987-88, and will be compared to the results of this survey. The results are listed in the documentation. A total of 174178 26127 breeding pairs were counted. An increase in Adelie penguin population was found at most locations in East Antarctica. Data from this record has been incorporated into a larger Adelie penguin dataset described by the metadata record - Annual population counts at selected Adelie Penguin colonies within the AAT (SOE_seabird_candidate_sp_AP). It also falls under ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219).

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Title Adelie Penguin Distributions in the Davis Area, Antarctica
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/aec79a0c-bf91-4b52-a248-82d103d80ad2
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 08/11/1973 - 14/11/1973
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        77.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        79.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        79.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        77.0,
        -68.0
      ],
      [
        77.0,
        -69.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Adelie Penguin Distributions in the Davis Area, Antarctica". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/adelie-penguin-distributions-in-the-davis-area-antarctica