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regions

All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).

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Citation
Harris, U. (2009) Regions used by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/regions, Accessed: 2026-05-16
Title
Regions used by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2009-05-05
Revision Date
2019-04-09
Parent record
None

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    Description

    The regions dataset holds polygon data. The polygons are overlapping and suitable for use at multiple scales. The data include regions as large as the Southern Ocean, Australia's limit of the Southern Ocean, and AAT West. It also includes small areas such as Mawson Coast, Rauer Group and Bunger Hills. Extents for each region are defined in the attribute table.

    The data were captured so that online applications, such as the Map Catalogue and Data Navigator, could use region information consistently.

    The data are stored in geographicals, i.e. unprojected. The data include an attribute PROJECTION which stores the suggested projection for a region in code. The code represents projections used by Oracle.

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    Quality

    The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.

    Access

    The region data is stored in ESRI shapefile format and are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -30
    Southernmost:
    -90

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    -180
    Easternmost:
    180
    Minimum Depth:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    16 Metres

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • regions
    • areas

    Locations

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

    Platforms

    • MAPS

    Instruments

    • SURVEYING TOOLS

    Researchers

    • harris, ursula (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,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=regions when using these data.

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