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Ice Shelf Surface Elevation data: Amery Ice Shelf 1968

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Ice shelf surface elevation data from an oversnow ground-based traverse along the centre of the Amery Ice Shelf from A509 (69.06 S, 72.15 E) to T4 (71.22 S, 69.48 E), including two transverse arms; between G1 (69.49 S, 71.72 E) and A119 (69.81 S, 73.28 E); and between T3 (70.79 S, 68.89 E) and T2 (71.00 S, 70.75 E) during the 1968 spring-summer season. More information can be found at the BEDMAP website. The fields in this dataset are: Mission ID Latitude Longitude Ice Thickness Surface Elevation Water Column Thickness Bed Elevation

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Title Ice Shelf Surface Elevation data: Amery Ice Shelf 1968
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/59ea289d-20e2-4039-ae58-ff3805c9a0b1
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/10/1968 - 28/02/1969
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        69.0,
        -71.0
      ],
      [
        73.0,
        -71.0
      ],
      [
        73.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        69.0,
        -69.0
      ],
      [
        69.0,
        -71.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Ice Shelf Surface Elevation data: Amery Ice Shelf 1968". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ice-shelf-surface-elevation-data-amery-ice-shelf-1968