Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Island

Synonyms

Definition

A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.

Comments

The country name is used for islands of the Southern Ocean outside the Treaty area.

Table Name

ISLAND

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • ISLAND_BP_GG_PY
  • ISLAND_10M_PS_PY
  • ISLAND_1M_PT
  • ISLAND_1M_PY
  • ISLAND_AAT_PT
  • ISLAND_PT
  • ISLAND_AAT_PY
  • ISLAND_10M_GG_PY
  • ISLAND_1M_ADD_GG_PY
  • ISLAND_1M_ADD_PS_PY
  • ISLAND_PY

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

  • European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET), GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET) online. Sited 30 July 2002. URL updated 10/12/2014

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Bathymetry
  • Coastline
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1272 Gaz_Id Reference number as in national Gazetteer of Antarctica Optional number(10)     Types
1333 Group_Gaz_Id Reference number as in a national gazetteer. The reference number refers to name of the group to which the island belongs. Eg Filla Island in the Rauer Group. Optional number(10)     Types
1096 Group_Name The name of the group to which the island belongs. Eg Filla Island in the Rauer Group. Mandatory character(50)     Types
1109 Jurisdiction The name of the country that manages that feature type. (Country name must match ISO 31661) Optional character(50)     Types
1267 Name Name used to refer or label something. For example waypoints, buildings, and camps. Note: Name does not include SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica placenames. See the attribute SCAR_Name. Mandatory character(100)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types
1090 SCAR_Gaz_Id Reference number as in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Mandatory number(10)     Types
1334 SCAR_Grp_Gaz_Id A placename name in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. The reference number refers to name of the group to which the island belongs. Eg Filla Island in the Rauer Group. These names have been contributed by national gazetteers. Mandatory number(10)     Types
1127 SCAR_Name A placename name in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. These names have been contributed by national gazetteers. Mandatory character(100)     Types
1186 Status The state or condition of a feature Optional character(50)
label Definition
Abandoned
Closed
Current
Moved
Non-preferred This dataset has not been superseded but there is another dataset that is the preferred dataset for general use.
Operational
Other
Proposed
Removed
Ruin
Seasonal One or more of the divisions of the year. E.g. summer
Superseded
Under construction
Unknown
Year-round All of the year
  Types