From Australian Oceans Data Network

Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968

Created 13/03/2025

Updated 13/03/2025

This file contains a report from Wilkes station in 1968 detailing the numbers of seals killed for dog food. The seals killed were primarily Weddell seals, but some information about leopard, crabeater and elephant seals is also provided. The file also contains some information on the Weddell seal population off Herring Island in 1972. The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

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Title Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/edb33df1-e23e-4976-8740-60466ff7bb5f
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/03/1968 - 31/12/1968
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[110.0, -67.0], [111.0, -67.0], [111.0, -66.0], [110.0, -66.0], [110.0, -67.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/seals-report-for-wilkes-station-1968

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