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Macquarie Island Penguin Colonies GIS Dataset

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This is a polygon GIS dataset representing penguin colonies on Macquarie Island. The penguin species include Gentoo, King, Rockhopper and Royal.

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Title Macquarie Island Penguin Colonies GIS Dataset
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b59fb7b7-f3c2-407d-bdda-6f5ebf9b9a71
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1979
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        158.776,
        -54.778
      ],
      [
        158.948,
        -54.778
      ],
      [
        158.948,
        -54.485
      ],
      [
        158.776,
        -54.485
      ],
      [
        158.776,
        -54.778
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Macquarie Island Penguin Colonies 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-penguin-colonies-gis-dataset