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Henderson Island beach debris data 2015

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Data on the type, provenance, quantity (density), and rate of accumulation of beach-washed plastic debris were recorded on Henderson Island, a remote, uninhabited island in the South Pacific during 29 May – 15 August 2015. Henderson Island is rarely visited by humans, thus debris on the islands' beaches may act as a proxy for the adjacent South Pacific Ocean. The island was found to contain the highest density of debris anywhere in the world, up to 671.6 items/m2 (mean ± SD: 239.4 ± 347.3 items/m2 on the surface of the beaches. Approximately 68% of debris (up to 4,496.9 pieces/m2) was buried <10 cm in the beach sediment. Up to 26.8 new items/m are thought to accumulate daily.

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Title Henderson Island beach debris data 2015
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0eeace0b-b047-42fb-8377-cc85e5ea6349
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
a.bond@nhm.ac.uk
Reference Period 29/05/2015 - 15/08/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Henderson Island beach debris data 2015". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/henderson-island-beach-debris-data-2015