Macquarie Island Flying Birds GIS Dataset.

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Flying bird breeding colonies on Macquarie Island. This is a polygon dataset stored in the Geographical Information System (GIS). Attributes include the species name and the time of the year during which breeding occurs. The species include Black-browed Albatross, Grey-headed albatross, Southern Giant-Petrel and Wandering Albatross.

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Field Value
Title Macquarie Island Flying Birds GIS Dataset.
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b3c925df-e64a-4618-8553-80cd2d85a20a
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/07/2000 - 01/07/2000
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        158.77029,
        -54.78327
      ],
      [
        158.96118,
        -54.78327
      ],
      [
        158.96118,
        -54.48121
      ],
      [
        158.77029,
        -54.48121
      ],
      [
        158.77029,
        -54.78327
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Macquarie Island Flying Birds GIS Dataset.". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/macquarie-island-flying-birds-gis-dataset1