BAS Antarctic Mapping Datasets
A collection of geospatial datasets and basemaps of Antarctica published by the British Antarctic Survey's Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC).
Datasets are either available to download or as layers accessible via web services for use in Desktop GIS and other applications.
Cloud-free Sentinel-2 mosaic, covering the British Antarctic Territory.
A basemap of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, south of 50°S.
Vector tile Landcover for South Georgia, distinguishing ice free (brown), ice (white), lakes (blue) and moraine (grey). Projection: WGS84 South Georgia Lambert, EPSG: 3762
Hillshade of South Georgia, derived using REMA v2.0 10m mosaic dataset and published in South Georgia Lambert projection (EPSG: 3762).
Hillshade covering British Antarctic Territory, constructed using REMA v2.0 10m mosaic dataset.
Bounding Coordinates
- South-West Corner (min x/y)
- South: -90.0, West: -180.0
- North-East Corner (max x/y)
- North: -50.0, East: 180.0
Part of these collections
The Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) provides geospatial information, expertise and services to BAS and wider UK activity in the polar regions.
Item Information
- Item ID
- cf64dd21-545a-465b-9a67-c28bb4ce9024
- Item Type
- COLLECTION
- Item created
- Item published
- Item updated
- Item released
- Item Status
- Item is complete and recommended for general use
- Item Update Frequency
- Item may be updated if needed
Metadata Information
- Last updated
- Metadata Standard
- ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
- Metadata Standard Version
- ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
- Metadata Profiles
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- British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile (v2) External link, opens in a new window.
- British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Administration Metadata Profile (v1) External link, opens in a new window.
- Metadata Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International External link, opens in a new window.
- Metadata Links
- Item page build time
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CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
By phone
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