Kongsfjorden Local Area. Spitsbergen, Svalbard - Winter
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2025, version 1, https://data.bas.ac.uk/maps/2036.
Map of Kongsfjorden local area, showing locations of huts, tracks and nature reserves as of June 2023, mapped over a satellite image from December 2022. Projection: UTM Zone 33N, Central Meridian 12°W
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Bounding Coordinates
- South-West Corner (min x/y)
- South: 78.802553, West: 11.1597521
- North-East Corner (max x/y)
- North: 79.067946, East: 13.078664
Temporal Range
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Lineage Statement
- Coastline: Digitised from Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery (listed below)
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Spot Heights and Contours: Derived from Digital Terrain Model, Norwegian Polar Institute (2014). Terrengmodell Svalbard (S0 Terrengmodell) https://- doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.dce53a47
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Field Huts, Tracks, Nature Reserves, Rivers and Lakes: Norwegian Polar Institute (2014). Kartdata Svalbard 1:100 000 (S100 Kartdata) / Map Data. https://- doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.645336c7
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Place names: Place names in Norwegian polar areas (Svalbard). Norwegian Polar Institute (2011). https://doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2011.a2813eb6
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Magnetic Declination: NCEI Geomagnetic Modeling Team and British Geological Survey. 2019. World Magnetic Model 2020. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi: 10.25921/11v3-da71, 2020, [2023-06-01]
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Base Imagery: Winter image - Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired 2022-06-25. Summer image - Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired 2023-04-24.
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Note: Rivers and lakes may change in shape and size throughout the seasons and disappear during winter months.
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Map of Kongsfjorden local area, showing locations of huts, tracks and nature reserves as of June 2023, mapped over a satellite image from April 2023.
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- PRODUCT (MAP)
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- BAS Local Travel Maps
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- 1:50,000
- Page Size
- 841 x 614 mm (width x height)
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- ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
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- ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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