Metadata details
windmill_flyingbirds_gis160
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- Citation
- Creuwels, J. and Stark, J.S. (2002) Surveys of flying bird nesting areas and adelie penguin colonies in the Windmill Islands 1998/99 by Jonny Stark and Jeroen Creuwels, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/windmill_flyingbirds_gis160, Accessed: 2026-05-06
- Title
- Surveys of flying bird nesting areas and adelie penguin colonies in the Windmill Islands 1998/99 by Jonny Stark and Jeroen Creuwels
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Created Date
- 2001-08-08
- Revision Date
- 2018-06-08
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This GIS dataset contains bird data from 1998/99 field work in the Windmill Islands by Jonny Stark and Jeroen Creuwels. The locations are Frazier Islands, Ardery Island and Casey station.
Polygon data represents the extents of flying bird nesting areas and adelie penguin colonies.
Point data represents flying bird nest locations.
Quality
The locations of some colonies on Nelly Island (Frazier Islands), a South Polar Skua nest site on Dewart Island (Frazier Islands) and some South Polar Skua nest sites on Ardery Island were eyed in using as a guide field survey sketches by Jeroen Creuwels in June 1999. The locations of some further colonies on the Frazier Islands, a Southern Giant-petrel nest site on Dewart Island (Frazier Islands) and some Snow Petrel nest sites at Casey Station were sourced from a differentially corrected GPS survey by Jonny Stark of the Australian Antarctic Division in 1998/99. The following data relevant to Jeroen Creuwels' 1998/99 work on Ardery Island were sourced from another differentially corrected GPS survey by Jonny Stark in 1998/99: Antarctic Petrel reference area, Southern Fulmar reference area, Cape Petrel study area, Cape Petrel reference area and the location of the observation point for the 1998/99 bird census.
Each feature has a Qinfo value which can be used to access data quality information (see provided URL).
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URLs.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1998-01-01 - Stop date: 1999-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES
- EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES
Additional Keywords
- BIRD
- COLONY
- NEST
- WINDMILL
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WINDMILL ISLANDS
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Researchers
- creuwels, jeroen (INVESTIGATOR)
- stark, jonathan (INVESTIGATOR)
- harris, ursula (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- bender, angela (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=windmill_flyingbirds_gis160 when using these data.
