Feature Type Name
Lagoon
Synonyms
Definition
Enclosed area of salt or brackish water separated at times from the sea by a more or less effective obstacle such as a beach bar, or shelf, cf. lake.
Comments
This feature type taken from the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer as at October 2002
Table Name
LAGOON
Australia's Implementation Table Names
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Feature Class
11 - Inland water features - Any kind of lacustrine feature
The following have been used in the definition of this feature type
- The SCAR COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA, Working group on Geodesy and Geographic Information, Volume 1 March 1998.
None entered in categorising this feature type
| 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
|
| 1045 |
Date_Capture |
The date the feature was captured |
Optional |
date |
|
|
Types
|
| 1249 |
Date_Flag |
The type of date been stored, i.e.whether the date is approximate or definite, and for which component of the date is approximate or definite. Also includes seasons |
Optional |
character(50) |
| label |
Definition |
| Appoximate day in a known month and year |
|
| Approximate month in a known year |
The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the month and year are valid. |
| Approximate season of a known year |
The season must be an Antarctic summer, autumn, winter or spring season. Enter season date with the approximate date of the middle of the season. Eg for spring 2002, enter as 15/10/2002. |
| Approximate year |
The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid. |
| Definite day, month and year |
|
| Definite month and year |
The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the month and year are valid. |
| Definite season and year |
The season must be an Antarctic summer, autumn, winter or spring season. Enter season date with the approximate date of the middle of the season. Eg for spring 2002, enter as 15/10/2002. |
| Definite year |
The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid. |
| Pre year |
The entry must be a full date, e.g. 1/1/2002, but only the year is valid. The data was sourced before the year listed. |
| Unknown |
Value indicating that an attribute is not applicable or that it is impossible to determine |
|
|
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 |
Optional |
number(10) |
|
|
Types
|
| 1127 |
SCAR_Name |
A placename name in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. These names have been contributed by national gazetteers. |
Optional |
character(100) |
|
|
Types
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