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Detailed information on 196 grid sites used for snow petrel surveys in the Windmill Islands during the 2002/2003 season

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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Very little information is known about the distribution and abundance of snow petrels at the regional scale. This dataset contains locations of grid sites used to survey for snow petrels in the Windmill Islands during the 2002-2003 season. Descriptive information relating to each grid site was recorded and a detailed description of data fields is provided in the attached dataset. Survey methodology used 200*200 m grid squares in which exhaustive searches were conducted (FO). Search effort for these is provided in the dataset. The fields in this dataset are: Site Nest Region Date Time Ice free area UTM Coordinates

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Title Detailed information on 196 grid sites used for snow petrel surveys in the Windmill Islands during the 2002/2003 season
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e99728ef-a317-40d0-bc41-37d334cd00d5
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 12/11/2002 - 16/02/2003
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.3,
        -66.5
      ],
      [
        110.75,
        -66.5
      ],
      [
        110.75,
        -66.2333
      ],
      [
        110.3,
        -66.2333
      ],
      [
        110.3,
        -66.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Detailed information on 196 grid sites used for snow petrel surveys in the Windmill Islands during the 2002/2003 season". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/detailed-information-on-196-grid-sites-used-for-snow-petrel-surveys-in-the-windmill-islands-dur1