Metadata details
atlas_cove_photos
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- Citation
- Steinberner, K. (2017) Atlas Cove Terrestrial Photos - historic ANARE Base, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/atlas_cove_photos, Accessed: 2026-06-08
- Title
- Atlas Cove Terrestrial Photos - historic ANARE Base
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Created Date
- 2009-06-10
- Revision Date
- 2017-04-26
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Photographs and photo locations of the historic Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) base at Atlas Cove on Heard Island.
The station was established 11 December 1947 and was closed down on 9 March 1955.
Photos were taken in March of 2008 by Kerry Steinberner during a visit to Heard Island. The map used to locate the images is described in the following metadata record:
Topographic Survey at Atlas Cove, Heard Island, November 2000 [atlas_survey2000_gis]
The images include shots of the remains of ANARE buildings, vehicles, tanks, debris, fences, artefacts and flora.
The dataset includes a copy of the images, an excel spreadsheet cataloguing the images, and shapefiles showing the image locations.
Quality
The images were taken with a Canon 300D (6.2 Megapixel) using a 18-55mm lens. The images were saved as JPEG.
The photograph locations were drawn on a map showing direction and photo number. These locations were then transferred into a shapefile by manually digitising the point on the screen. The photo id and direction (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW) were assigned to the location in the shapefile.
The location on the map of the photograph is within approximately 3m of the capture location.
Access
These data and images are available for download from the provided URLs.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2008-03-26 - Stop date: 2008-03-26
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > BUILDINGS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER
- EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE
Additional Keywords
- ANARE
- Station
- Historical
- Ruins
- Buildings
- Atlas Cove
- Heard Island
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- Cameras
Researchers
- steinberner, kerry (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- morffew, mark (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=atlas_cove_photos when using these data.
