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bunger_hills_birds

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Citation
Van Den Hoff, J. (2023) Birds observed in the Bunger Hills by Polish biologists during a summer expedition in 1989, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/yfd5-w025, Accessed: 2026-05-21
Title
Birds observed in the Bunger Hills by Polish biologists during a summer expedition in 1989
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.26179/yfd5-w025
Created Date
2023-08-31
Revision Date
2023-09-04
Expected Date of Data Release
2023-09-04
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Data derived from a report: "FILCEK, K. and ZIELINSKI, K. 1990. Report on the expedition of Polish biologists to Bunger Hills, East Antarctica, 1988/89. Polish Polar Research, 11, 161–167".
    https://journals.pan.pl/publication/127412/edition/111168/polish-polar-research-1990-vol-11-no-1-2-report-on-the-expedition-of-polish-biologists-to-bunger-hills-east-antarctica-1988-89-filcek-krzysztof-zielinski-krzysztof.
    On page 165 of the report, it states: “Nests of south polar skua are also very dispersed, however the birds gathered at the station or, after freezing of lakes on the patch of open water at the outflow of Bystra Stream from the Figurnoe Lake. Up to ten individuals were counted at that time.”
    Figurnoe Lake in the Bunger Hills is officially called Algae Lake. Bystra is Polish for 'rapid stream' - refer to Place Name ID 16936.

    The dataset contains one point for the sighting of the ten south polar skuas as described in the Polish report: 'Nests of south polar skua are also very dispersed, however the birds gathered at the station or, after freezing of lakes on the patch of open water at the outflow of Bystra Stream from the Figurnoe Lake. Up to ten individuals were counted at that time.'

    The data have been compiled as a shapefile.

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    Purpose

    To capture the existence of birds in the Bunger Hills as noted in the Polish report.

    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.255
    Southernmost:
    -66.265

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    100.665
    Easternmost:
    100.675

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SKUAS

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BUNGER HILLS

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

    • VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

    Researchers

    • van den hoff, john (INVESTIGATOR)
    • lucas, suzelle (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=bunger_hills_birds when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • BIOTA

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS
      • AMD

      Publications

      • Krzysztof Filcek and Krzysztof Zieliński (1990) Report on the expedition of Polish biologists to Bunger Hills, East Antarctica, 1988/89, 11(No 1-2), Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Polar Research

      Metadata Revision History

        2023-08-31 - record created by Suzelle Lucas.

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