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The maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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These data give the maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season and the mean maximum extent by month. Data cover the 1979/1980 to 2007/2008 seasons. The data are available in csv files and, in the case of the mean monthly data, as point and line shapefiles.

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Title The maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b75bd344-67da-4597-a62f-d32be7138c8e
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 26/10/1978 - 16/05/2009
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -179.0,
        -67.7571
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -67.7571
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -52.4626
      ],
      [
        -179.0,
        -52.4626
      ],
      [
        -179.0,
        -67.7571
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "The maximum extent of sea ice in the southern hemisphere by day and by winter season". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-maximum-extent-of-sea-ice-in-the-southern-hemisphere-by-day-and-by-winter-season1