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Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery

Created 12/03/2025

Updated 12/03/2025

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This dataset is a collection of points that describe the location and size of icebergs surrounding the Antarctic continent. The points locations are in Polar Stereographic -71 latitude (with corresponding x, y geographic coordinates) The dataset was extracted and compiled using a novel technique from the 'RAMP AMM-1 SAR Image Mosaic of Antarctica (Version 2)' available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at https://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0103/versions/2. The data are available in NetCDF and csv formats.

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Title Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/110cdb42-2c78-410e-9d6a-053f5ed2e1eb
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 09/09/1997 - 20/10/1997
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -80.0], [180.0, -80.0], [180.0, -60.0], [-180.0, -60.0], [-180.0, -80.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/iceberg-distribution-around-the-antarctic-continent-derived-from-1997-satellite-imagery