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GIS Datasets
Heard and McDonald Islands
| Category | Filename | Description | Filesize | Filetype | Last Modified | |
| Culture | atlas_buildings_gis.zip |
Differential GPS survey of the Atlas Cove ANARE Station ruins on Heard Island | 6.00 KB's | Shapefile | 5-Jul-2002 | |
| Culture | camp_2003_04.zip |
Heard Island camp sites. Polygon data for Spit Bay camp area 2003-04. Point data camp sites estblished in 2003-04. | 4.00 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Mar-2004 | |
| Culture | grave_pt.zip |
Heard Island point data for graves. | 2.00 KB's | Shapefile | 6-Aug-2004 | |
| Culture | refuge_pt.zip |
Heard Island refuges | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 6-Aug-2004 | |
| Operations | atlas_photocontrol_gis.zip |
Differential GPS survey of points at Atlas Cove for control of 1987 aerial photography | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 5-Jul-2002 | |
| Operations | landing_area_pt.zip |
Heard Island helicopter landing areas | 2.00 KB's | Shapefile | 6-Aug-2004 | |
| Operations | precinct_py.zip |
Heard Island horizontal flight limits of helicopters | 57.00 KB's | Shapefile | 24-Feb-2004 | |
| Other | Photo_Centres.zip |
A shapefile displaying the photo centres for orthorectified aerial photography on Heard Island. | 4.00 KB's | Shapefile | 2-Aug-2004 | |
| Other | map_extent_80_py.zip |
Heard Island east mapping extent for the 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography | 5.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Other | SIC_1961_georectification.zip |
PDF of report | 166.73 KB's | 24-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08.zip |
PDF of report Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification. | 5.10 MB's | 9-Jul-2009 | ||
| Other | SIC_266_267_georectification.zip |
PDF of report IKONOS January 2004 Heard Island Georectification. | 78.08 KB's | 11-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | SIC_462_georectification.zip |
PDF of report QuickBird 15 December 2006 East Heard Island Georectification. | 184.11 KB's | 24-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | SIC_187_coregistration.zip |
PDF of report SPOT 1991 East Heard Island Coregistration | 123.34 KB's | 24-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | SIC_447_georectification.zip |
PDF of report for IKONOS 9 February 2005 East Heard Island Georectification. | 160.87 KB's | 24-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | SIC_253_georectification.zip |
PDF of report of QuickBird 17 January 2003 East Heard Island Georectification. | 394.33 KB's | 24-Jun-2009 | ||
| Other | Heard_WorldView-1_23MAR08.zip |
PDF report Heard Island WorldView-1 Image (23 March 2008) orthorectification. This report is also part of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, Milestone 1. | 4.30 MB's | 23-Jan-2009 | ||
| Other | ggutm43.par |
Projection file | 1.00 KB's | 12-Jan-2000 | ||
| Other | readme.txt |
Readme file | 1.00 KB's | Text | 16-Nov-2006 | |
| Thematic | mapping_extent_py_qb_east.zip |
Extent of mapping of eastern Heard Island from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | glacier_py_qb_east.zip |
Glaciers of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 723.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | Heard_glaciers_pre47-97.zip |
Heard Island glacier extents. Data from "An inventory of present glaciers on Heard Island and their historical variation" by Andrew Ruddell. Also includes snowline, rock and snow data. | 266.00 KB's | Shapefile | 20-Oct-2009 | |
| Thematic | mammal_pt.zip |
Heard Island point data for Elephant, Leopard and Fur Seals. Data collated in early 1998 by Martin Betts, Policy Branch AAD. Included consultation with biologists Eric Woehler, Roger Kirkwood and David Slip. | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 24-Feb-2004 | |
| Thematic | aws_pt.zip |
Heard Island point locations for automatic weather stations. | 2.00 KB's | Shapefile | 6-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | flying_birds.zip |
Heard and McDonald Islands flying birds for Bird survey 2000/01, Bird survey 2003/04 and data collated early 1998. Data stored as points and polygons. | 39.00 KB's | Shapefile | 5-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | penguins.zip |
Heard and McDonald Islands penguins. Data from bird surveys 2000/01 and 2003/04 by Eric Woehler. Also from data collated in early 1998 by Martin Betts, Policy Branch, Antarctic Division with consultation with biologists Eric Woehler, Roger Kirkwood and David Slip. Data stored as points and polygons. | 19.00 KB's | Shapefile | 5-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | vegetation_sketch.zip |
Heard and McDonald Islands vegetated areas. Areas sketched by Jenny Scott on 1:50000 maps of Heard Island and on a figure of McDonald Island. Detailed vegetation communities are available in other datasets. | 22.00 KB's | Shapefile | 30-May-2002 | |
| Thematic | Laurens_vegetation.zip |
Laurens Peninsula and south east of Laurens Peninsula vegetation shapefile | 1.17 MB's | Shapefile | 12-Dec-2007 | |
| Thematic | Management_zones_py.zip |
Management zones for Heard Island and McDonald Islands. | 37.00 KB's | Shapefile | 10-Oct-2007 | |
| Thematic | penguins_with_veg.zip |
Penguin colony data noted while collecting vegetation data. Collected by Dr. Jenny Scott in 1987 /1988. | 43.00 KB's | Shapefile | 23-Sep-2004 | |
| Thematic | snow_py_qb_east.zip |
Snow covered areas of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 2.72 MB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | Vegetation_heard_east.zip |
Vegetation data from the east side of Heard Island. Collected and digitised by Dr. Jenny Scott. | 2.10 MB's | Shapefile | 23-Sep-2004 | |
| Thematic | vegetation_py_qb_east.zip |
Vegetation of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 470.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Thematic | atlas_sample_gis.zip |
Water and sediment samples around the Atlas Cove Station, Heard Island. For analysis of hydrocarbons and heavy metal contamination. | 8.00 KB's | Shapefile | 5-Jul-2002 | |
| Topographic | heard_ambis_coastline_1996.zip |
AMBIS coastline of Heard Island and McDonald Islands 1996. AMBIS is the Australian Maritime Boundaries Information System. The data, mostly from SPOT data, includes features for island (polygon), coastline (line) and offshore rock (polygon). | 50.00 KB's | Shapefile | 26-Jul-2006 | |
| Topographic | coastline_ln_qb_east.zip |
Coastline of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 124.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | contours_island_radarsat2002.zip |
Contours generated from DEM of Heard Island derived from RADARSAT images acquired in February, March 2002. Island polygon extracted from a rectified RADARSAT image acquired in January 2002 and used in the production of the DEM. |
16.96 MB's | Shapefile | 5-Nov-2008 | |
| Topographic | contours_radarsat97.zip |
Contours with a 50 metre interval, derived from the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Heard island from RADARSAT images acquired in March and April of 1997. | 241.00 KB's | Shapefile | 26-Jul-2006 | |
| Topographic | heard_dem_radarsat2002_asc.zip |
DEM derived from RADARSAT images acquired in February, March 2002 (ArcInfo ascii file) | 3.14 MB's | ArcInfo ascii | 16-Oct-2008 | |
| Topographic | heard_dem_radarsat2002_e00.zip |
DEM derived from RADARSAT images acquired in February, March 2002 (ArcInfo interchange file) | 8.41 MB's | ArcInfo interchange | 16-Oct-2008 | |
| Topographic | heard_dem_radarsat1997_asc.zip |
DEM derived from RADARSAT images acquired in March, April 1997 (ArcInfo ascii format) | 579.00 KB's | ArcInfo ascii | 6-Aug-2001 | |
| Topographic | heard_dem_radarsat1997_e00.zip |
DEM derived from RADARSAT images acquired in March, April 1997 (ArcInfo interchange file) | 699.00 KB's | ArcInfo interchange | 6-Aug-2001 | |
| Topographic | Heard_island_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 597.45 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | Heard_coastline_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 470.18 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | Heard_glacier_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 1.09 MB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | Heard_mapping_extent_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 5.63 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | Heard_lagoon_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 132.53 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | Heard_water_body_2009_work.zip |
Digitising of the coastline, glacier extents, water features, wildlife, and human footprints of the Heard Island Remote Sensing Project, 2009. | 253.99 KB's | Shapefile | 31-Aug-2009 | |
| Topographic | coastline_80.zip |
Heard Island east coastline (line data) mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography | 76.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | glacier_80.zip |
Heard Island east glaciers mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography. Boundary lines and polygon data. | 40.00 KB's | Shapefile | 25-Apr-2005 | |
| Topographic | inland_island_80_py.zip |
Heard Island east inland islands mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography | 10.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | lagoon_80_py.zip |
Heard Island east lagoons mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography | 41.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | offshore_rock_py_80.zip |
Heard Island east offshore rocks mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography | 8.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | water_storage_80.zip |
Heard Island east water storages mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography. Includes line and polygon data. | 166.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | watercourse_80.zip |
Heard Island east watercourses mapped from 1980 & 1987 ortho rectified Hasselblad photography. Line and polygon data. | 174.00 KB's | Shapefile | 27-Jul-2004 | |
| Topographic | ice_50k_sim.zip |
Heard Island ice covered areas. The ice layer shows ice/snow as depicted on the Heard Island satellite image map, published in 1991. The amount of ice/snow is as captured on the SPOT image 9 Jan 1988. | 17.00 KB's | Shapefile | 11-Mar-2004 | |
| Topographic | water_storage_50k_map.zip |
Heard Island polygon data for water storage. Data sourced from 1:50 000 topographic map (ed3) 1985. | 13.00 KB's | Shapefile | 25-Feb-2004 | |
| Topographic | spot_heights_50k_map.zip |
Heard Island spot heights. Data sourced from 1:50 000 topographic map (ed3) 1985 | 2.00 KB's | Shapefile | 25-Feb-2004 | |
| Topographic | watercourse.zip |
Heard Island streams. 2 lines for Ephemeral Creek and Clay Pipe Creek (unofficial name) | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 3-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | vol_cones_pt.zip |
Heard Island volcanic cones Data sourced from 1:50 000 topographic map (ed3) 1985 and Topographic survey 2000/01. | 1.00 KB's | Shapefile | 6-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | inland_island_py_qb_east.zip |
Inland islands (in lagoons and lakes) of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 12.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | lagoon_py_qb_east.zip |
Lagoons of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 133.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | laurens_coastline.zip |
Laurens Peninsula coastline | 108.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_crater.zip |
Laurens Peninsula crater shapefile | 4.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_flying_bird.zip |
Laurens Peninsula flying bird shapefile | 5.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_gully.zip |
Laurens Peninsula gully shapefile | 8.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_island.zip |
Laurens Peninsula island shapefile (polygon) | 107.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_lagoon.zip |
Laurens Peninsula lagoon shapefile | 14.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_lava_field.zip |
Laurens Peninsula lava field shapefile | 78.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_mapping_extent.zip |
Laurens Peninsula mapping extent shapefile | 5.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_penguin.zip |
Laurens Peninsula penguin shapefile | 23.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_rim.zip |
Laurens Peninsula rim shapefile | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_shore_line.zip |
Laurens Peninsula shore line shapefile | 11.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_volcanic_cone.zip |
Laurens Peninsula volcanic cone shapefile | 13.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_water_body.zip |
Laurens Peninsula water body shapefile | 11.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | laurens_watercourse.zip |
Laurens Peninsula watercourse shapefile | 101.00 KB's | Shapefile | 28-Nov-2007 | |
| Topographic | mcdonald_qb.zip |
McDonald Islands coastline, ridgelines and areas of bare rock digitised from Quickbird satellite imagery aquired 9 April 2003. Data stored as lines and polygons. | 30.00 KB's | Shapefile | 8-Jun-2005 | |
| Topographic | moraine_py_qb_east.zip |
Moraines of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 47.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | heard_radarsat2002_gcp_corrected.zip |
Rectified RADARSAT image of Heard Island acquired January 2002. Rectified using ground control points and subsequently used in processing of the DEM derived from RADARSAT images acquired in February, March 2002. | 45.40 MB's | Images | 7-Nov-2008 | |
| Topographic | reef_50k.zip |
Reefs sourced from 1:50 000 map ed 3 1985. | 3.00 KB's | Shapefile | 25-Feb-2004 | |
| Topographic | heard_dem_radarsat2002_reports.zip |
Report describing the generation of a DEM of Heard Island from RADARSAT images acquired in February, March 2002. Report by Dr Arko Lucieer, University of Tasmania, outlining some errors and artefacts in the DEM. |
4.84 MB's | Word XP | 7-Nov-2008 | |
| Topographic | water_storage_qb_east.zip |
Water storages of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003 | 242.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 | |
| Topographic | watercourse_qb_east.zip |
Watercourses of eastern Heard Island mapped from Quickbird satellite imagery acquired 17 January 2003. Data includes lines and polygons. | 225.00 KB's | Shapefile | 13-Aug-2004 |
