Metadata details
bunger_hills_gibson
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- Citation
- Gibson, J.A.E. (2025) The Environment of the Bunger Hills - 1999-2000, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/3prc-3g94, Accessed: 2026-05-25
- Title
- The Environment of the Bunger Hills - 1999-2000
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/3prc-3g94
- Created Date
- 2006-07-18
- Revision Date
- 2025-07-23
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2025-07-23
- Data Version
- 2
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
During the 1999/2000 summer a group of four people visited the Bunger Hills (66 degrees 20 minutes S, 100 degrees 50 minutes E), an area of ice-free rock situated in Wilkes Land, eastern Antarctica, with the aim of gathering scientific and other information to support the development of an Environmental Impact Assessment for the use of sites in the area for landings by large aircraft capable of intercontinental flight. The following report, which describes the natural history of the Bunger Hills, was developed from observations made in the field during this visit supplemented by information published previously.
This report is divided into several sections. The remainder of Section 1 deals with the geographical setting, nomenclature and occupational history of the Bunger Hills; Section 2 covers the weather; Section 3 briefly discusses the geology, geomorphology and Quaternary history; Section 4 covers the hydrology, physics, chemistry and biology of the extensive lake systems of the Hills; Section 5 discusses the terrestrial flora; and Section 6 covers the terrestrial fauna.
The download file contains a large number of figures, tables, images and a written report.
A data extract from the Biodiversity database, containing 140 rows of data was made by Johnathan Kool on 2025-07-18.
Quality
The dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only, and represent the approximate beginning and end of the 1999-2000 Antarctic summer season.
Access
A copy of the report and the data publicly available for download from the provided URLs.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1999-10-01 - Stop date: 2000-03-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > IGNEOUS ROCKS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > FUNGI > LICHENS
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > LAKES/RESERVOIRS
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > GLACIAL LANDFORMS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > LAKE ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > METAMORPHIC ROCKS
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS
Additional Keywords
- Fauna
- Bunger Hills
- Flora
- Geomorphology
- Geology
- Weather
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BUNGER HILLS
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Researchers
- gibson, john (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- connell, dave (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_gibson when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- BIOTA
- GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
- ENVIRONMENT
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- CEOS
- AMD/AU
- AMD
Metadata Revision History
2017-09-20 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2025-07-23 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a data extract from the Biodiversity Database provided by Johnathan Kool.
