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4. Sthn_Vincennes_Bay_Penguins

Description

A spatial dataset (polygons digitised from aerial photography) showing locations of penguin colonies at southern Vincennes Bay, Antarctica.

Aerial photography was taken with a Zeiss UMK 1318 camera on 2-Dec-1993. The images show penguin colonies at Vincennes Bay (Cape Nutt, Hudson Island, Ivanoff Head, Davis Islands, Mallory Point).

1. Images were scanned (Microtek Scanmaker 4900, Resolution: 4800x2400 dpi) to create tiff files.
Tif name, Place name, Photos used, Photo id, Flight Line, Fly Height, Date
mallory 001.tif, Mallory Point, ANTC1006/Run 3/Frame 27, 6069, 828, 1200m, 2-Dec-1993
cape nutt.tif col, Cape Nutt, ANTC1006/Run 7/Frame 48, 17422, 1787, 500m, 2-Dec-1993
davis I john.tif, Hudson Island, ANTC1006/Run 8/Frame 56, 6098, 833, 1200m, 2-Dec-1993
ivanoff head col.tif, Ivanoff Head, ANT C1006/Run 2/Frame 17, 6059, 827, 850m, 2-Dec-1993
hudson 001.tif, Davis Islands, ANTC1006/Run 9/Frame 61, 6103, 834, 1200m, 2-Dec-1993

2. The penguin colonies were traced on screen

3. The images were georeferenced in ArcGIS using the Australian Antarctic Territory coastline 2003 created by Geoscience Australia (see metadata record "AAT_Coastline_2003"). The tiff images with a related world file were saved.

4. Penguin colonies were digitised in ArcMap 8.3. by Nicole Seiler.

5. The penguin colony data was matched to the Feature Catalogue and given a dataset id of 243. The absolute accuracy is approximately 500m.

Purpose

To map the location of penguin colonies at Vincennes Bay.

Quality

The georeferencing was checked by Ursula Harris and Eric Woehler. It is only approximate due to different scale of capture of both datasets.

Access

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

Temporal Coverages

• Start date: 1993-12-02 - Stop date: 1993-12-02

Spatial Coverages

Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POST-BREEDING PERIODS
• EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS > BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY
• EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS

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=Sthn_Vincennes_Bay_Penguins when using these data.