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Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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Dataset of marine mammal observations made in the Southern Ocean from late 1998 to early 2000. Further information about the data are included in a word document in the download. The data are held in excel spreadsheets. The word document mentioned above lists the column headings for the excel spreadsheets. The fields in this dataset are: date time species Number of animals Distance Bearing Heading Initial Cue Behaviour Latitude Longitude Effort status Notes Wind speed Wind direction Actual wind speed Actual wind direction Sea State Cloud cover Visibility Boat speed Boat course Speed made good Course made good Temperature Wave Height Weather Depth Swell height More notes

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Title Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/d2afff69-b9b8-4e86-9658-374b1cbeee11
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 28/12/1998 - 24/01/2000
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        55.42,
        -68.59
      ],
      [
        179.4,
        -68.59
      ],
      [
        179.4,
        -33.1
      ],
      [
        55.42,
        -33.1
      ],
      [
        55.42,
        -68.59
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Marine Mammal Observations by Greenpeace". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-mammal-observations-by-greenpeace1