This search returns aerial photography flight lines that are partly or totally within the spatial coverage.
The results link to the photos taken along the flight lines where the centre of each photo is within the spatial coverage.
Copyright
Copyright for the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's aerial photography collection rests with the Commonwealth of Australia.
Viewing prints
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre maintains a reference collection of prints of most of the aerial photography catalogued.
Prints may be viewed at the Data Centre. This can be arranged by submitting a request, selecting the Map Curator area.
You may be able to scan the prints in the Data Centre.
Obtaining copies of prints
Aerial photograph films in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's aerial photography collection are stored at United Photo and Graphic Services (UPGS) in Melbourne. When ordering prints from United Photo and Graphic Services quote the Film Series, Run and Frame(s).
If you don't have the details of the Film Series, Run and Frame(s) to order the aerial photography then contact the Australian Antarctic Data Centre before contacting UPGS.
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre does not have films of Operation Highjump photography taken by the USA in 1947 of the Australian Antarctic Territory. However the prints in the collection have been scanned.
Viewing flight lines and photo centres
The Australian Antarctic Data Centre's aerial photography collection is described by the metadata record 'The collection of aerial photographs held by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre' which can accessed by a search.
Shapefiles representing the aerial photography flight lines and photo centres are linked from this metadata record for downloading and viewing in GIS software. These shapefiles are updated approximately every six months if necessary. The online catalogue is the most up to date source of flight line and photo centre information.
Aerial photographs not in the Catalogue
Some photographs in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's aerial photography collection have not yet been catalogued.
These include:
- Black and white oblique aerial photographs of the penguin colonies in the Vestfold Hills taken in 1987. Film Series ANT1217. The prints are in boxes 618, 619.
- Black and white terrestrial and colour aerial photographs of Wilkes station taken with 35 mm film in March 1988 as part of a rubbish survey. The prints are in box 546.
- Black and white aerial photographs of Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands taken in 1978 from a height of 550 metres. The prints are in box 546.
- Black and white oblique aerial photographs of Heard Island taken in December 1947. The prints are in box 515.
- Black and white oblique aerial photographs of Macquarie Island taken on 15 March 1947 from a range of heights down to 60 metres. Other black and white oblique aerial photographs of Macquarie Island taken on the same day are in the catalogue. The prints are in box 637.
- Black and white oblique aerial photographs of Macquarie Island taken in March 1962. The prints are in box 637.
- Diapositives of colour vertical aerial photographs of Davis taken at various heights around 1980. The diapositives are in box 639.
Camera Details and Aerial Photography History
Further details about the cameras used to collect aerial photography by the Australian Antarctic Program, as well as information about the history of aerial photography in the Antarctic can be obtained by downloading the Camera Details and Timeline document.
Operation Highjump
Geoscience Australia's Aerial Photography web page
United States Aerial Photography Index - Antarctica
Satellite Image Catalogue
This catalogue provides information on satellite imagery used by people in the Australian Antarctic Program. It includes Russian Space Photography.
