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Fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - GIS data

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This line shapefile represents the following features of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Subtropical Front (STF); Subantarctic Front (SAF); Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front (sACCf); Polar Front (PF); Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current as described in Alejandro H. Orsi, Thomas Whitworth III, and Worth D. Nowlin Jr (1995) On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep-Sea Research 42 (5), 641-673. The shapefile was created from data provided by lead author Alejandro Orsi to the Australian Antarctic Data Centre in August 2001. The data in the files from Alejandro Orsi was also combined in a csv file. The data available for download includes the original data, the shapefile and the csv file.

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Title Fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - GIS data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7ed82666-78d6-4d59-a2ed-ea93d31a318b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 14/05/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -71.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -71.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -30.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -30.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -71.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - GIS data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/fronts-of-the-antarctic-circumpolar-current-gis-data