Heard Island - GPS Seabird Survey 2000/2001

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

A GPS survey of seabirds on Heard Island during the Australian Antarctic Program's 2000/01 expedition. This layer is stored as two datasets (polygon and point) in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Polygon data represent flying bird and penguin colony extents. Point data represent nest locations and the location of the observation point for flying birds and penguins.

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Field Value
Title Heard Island - GPS Seabird Survey 2000/2001
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/06ac52e2-de9d-49a4-ae62-2f27c5ea302d
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 28/10/2000 - 02/02/2001
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        73.23761,
        -53.20439
      ],
      [
        73.84735,
        -53.20439
      ],
      [
        73.84735,
        -52.96022
      ],
      [
        73.23761,
        -52.96022
      ],
      [
        73.23761,
        -53.20439
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Heard Island - GPS Seabird Survey 2000/2001". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/heard-island-gps-seabird-survey-2000-20011