PRODUCT (MAP)

Field Map - Thwaites Glacier

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Edition: 1
Published: 30 October 2025
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2025, version 1, https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/2054.

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Map of Thwaites Glacier/Walgreen Coast region, showing the location of previous field sites mapped over the Antarctica and the Southern Ocean British Antarctic Survey basemap. Contours are shown at 100 m interval and spot heights are shown in metres and feet. For use in operations planning during the 2025-26 operational season.

Projection: WGS84 Antarctic Polar Stereographic, Central Meridian 106°W. Vertical Datum: EGM08.

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0586-7626

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Bounding Coordinates

South-West Corner (min x/y): South: -76.4988464, West: -113.3162109
North-East Corner (max x/y): North: -74.0786316, East: -99.5335057

Temporal Range

Start: October 2025
End: October 2025

Lineage Statement

Map produced in ArcGIS Pro v3.5 and Adobe Illustrator v29.2.

Data sources:

Operations data: Sourced from BAS Operations, 2025
Spot Heights: extracted from REMA v2 2m DEM and generated programatically, adjusted to EGM08 geoid.
Contours: data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, accessed 2025.
Imagery: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean basemap, British Antarctic Survey, https://arcg.is/1S1jmi
Place names: SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Dataset accessed October 2025.

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BAS Operations Maps

A collection of maps produced for BAS Operations activities by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey.

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Item Information

Item ID: 0e2dce9d-21d4-4138-9070-18796e067e23
Item Type: PRODUCT (MAP)
Series: BAS Fieldwork Maps
Scale: 1:947,355
Page Size: 420 x 297 mm (width x height)
Aliases: maps/2054
Item created: 30 October 2025
Item published: 30 October 2025
Item released: 30 October 2025
Item Status: Item is complete and recommended for general use
Item Update Frequency: Item may be updated if needed

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Last updated: 06 April 2026
Metadata Standard: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
Metadata Standard Version: ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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