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Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This dataset is a collection of points that describe the location and size of icebergs surrounding the Antarctic continent. The points locations are in Polar Stereographic -71 latitude (with corresponding x, y geographic coordinates) The dataset was extracted and compiled using a novel technique from the 'RAMP AMM-1 SAR Image Mosaic of Antarctica (Version 2)' available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at https://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0103/versions/2. The data are available in NetCDF and csv formats.

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Title Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/13bfb0b4-be3c-4240-8e63-f3ab84b6699b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 09/09/1997 - 20/10/1997
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -80.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -80.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -60.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -60.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -80.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/iceberg-distribution-around-the-antarctic-continent-derived-from-1997-satellite-imagery