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AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Low_Tongue_2015

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Citation
Southwell, C. and Emmerson, L. (2022) Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Low Tongue, 2015, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58fd83ec42e3a, Accessed: 2026-06-04
Title
Adélie penguin occupancy survey of Low Tongue, 2015
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
10.4225/15/58fd83ec42e3a
Created Date
2017-04-24
Revision Date
2025-10-01
Expected Date of Data Release
2022-10-11
Data Version
1
Parent record
AAS_4088_Adelie_breeding_colony_boundaries

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    Description

    The dataset comprises Adélie penguin colony boundaries derived from oblique aerial photographs. The aerial photographs were geo-referenced to AAT coastline polygon data and the boundaries of Adélie penguin colonies were digitised.

    Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.

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    Quality

    It was not possible to geo-reference oblique photos perfectly. The colony boundaries are less accurate than those derived from vertical aerial photography (e.g. Vestfolds and Rauers) or ground survey (e.g. Robinsons).

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -67.551
    Southernmost:
    -67.552

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    61.989
    Easternmost:
    61.99

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • COLONIES
    • 4088

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
    • AIRCRAFT

    Instruments

    • CAMERAS

    Researchers

    • southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • emmerson, louise (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)

    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=AAS_4088_Adelie_occupancy_Low_Tongue_2015 when using these data.

    Please refer to the Seabird Conservation Team Data Sharing Policy for use, acknowledgement and availability of data prior to downloading data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA
      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-04-24 - record created by Colin Southwell. 2018-08-20 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct the DOI. 2022-10-11 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-10-01 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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