Search restricted to attribute 1054 - Description
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| Code | Feature Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 109 | Apparatus | A scientific instrument. |
| 111 | Artifact | Significant relics and artefacts of past culture |
| 120 | Beacon | A structure emitting a guiding or warning signal for navigation |
| 149 | Contaminated area | Any site or region that is damaged, harmed or made unfit for use by the introduction of unwanted substances, particularly microorganisms, chemicals, toxic and radioactive materials and wastes. |
| 152 | Contour line | Imaginary lines, or lines on a map or chart, that connect points of equal value, e.g. elevation of the land surface. |
| 154 | Convention | An area subject to an international convention; will generally be the CCAMLR (Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources). |
| 169 | Dyke | A tabular body of intrustive igneous rock that cuts across the layering or structural fabric of the host rock. Dykes may be fine, medium or or course-grained, depending on their composition and the combination of their size and the length of their cooling period. They vary in size from a few centimetres to kilometres. |
| 173 | Erratic | Glacially transported stones and boulders. Erratics may be embedded in till or occur on the ground surface. They range in size from pebbles to huge boulders weighing thousands of tons. Their transport range from less than 1 km to more than 800 km. Erratics composed of distinctive rock types can be traced to their point of origin and serve as indicators of glacial flow direction. |
| 188 | Fossil | A specific location of a fossil site. |
| 193 | Gear Depot | A place for storing goods or vehicles. |
| 198 | Grave | A place where a corpse/s are buried. The description attribute describes the site, for example, a mound of rocks with a white cross and the name of the deceased. |
| 205 | Historic | An area or item of historic interest. Areas or items included in the Historic Sites and Monuments list of the Antarctic Treaty are identified. |
| 229 | Landing area | Any locality either on land, water or structures, including airports/helipads and intermediate landing fields, which is used, or intended to be used, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft. Landing areas may or may not have facilities for the shelter and servicing of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo. |
| 235 | Management zone | An area set aside for specific management purposes. |
| 241 | Marker bed | A geological formation serving as a marker - an easily recognised stratigraphic feature with distinctive characteristics traceable over long distances. |
| 242 | Mast | An upright post or lattice-work structure for supporting radio antennas or similar features. Usually supported by guys. (Non directional beacons are stored under beacons) |
| 243 | Monument | An object, especially large and made of stone, built to remember and show respect to a person or group of people, or a special place made for this purpose. |
| 247 | Navigation guide | A structure or object on land or water that does not emit a signal and is used for marine vessel navigation |
| 260 | Pole | A tall, slender and rounded length of wood or metal, generally vertical, used to give structural support for utility features such as the electrical fittings and cables. May or may not be supported by guys. |
| 267 | Protected area | An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biological diversity and/or of natural and associated cultural resources. The area is managed through legal or other effective means. |
| 270 | Rack | A framework with rails, bars, pegs, or shelves, for keeping or placing articles on or in. |
| 274 | Refuge | A shelter from extreme or dangerous environmental conditions such as those posed by the weather. |
| 279 | Rock | Any aggregate of minerals that makes up part of the earth's crust. It may be unconsolidated, such as sand, clay, or mud, or consolidated, such as granite, limestone, or coal. |
| 280 | Rock boundary | The boundary line of a lithological unit, where not defined by a fault, dyke or vein. |
| 452 | Scientific Site | A location of scientific study site or where a sample was taken. It also includes the location of scientific markers to relocate sites. |
| 295 | Sea ice boundary | The boundary of sea ice. |
| 314 | Storage | A temporary structure or collection of goods e.g shipping containers, shipping goods, gravel stockpile. |
| 316 | Structure | Something built or constructed. |
| 328 | Tower | A self supporting construction supported by feet. It has latticed uprights and has no guys. |
| 330 | Traverse | A linear scientific transect or traverse. A once off path follow by scientist to collect data. |
| 332 | Trend | A trace of bedding, foliation, or igneous trend in a rock. |
| 341 | Volcanic cone | A conical mass of which the base is a circle and the summit a point. The term is used frequently in connection with a volcanic. |
| 344 | Waste disposal site | A place for depositing rubbish |
| 347 | Way point | A navigation marker. |