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Historical Adelie penguin breeding colony maps in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, 1981/82

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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The dataset comprises scanned copies of the boundaries of Adelie penguin breeding colonies and sections of island coastlines made from aerial photographs taken between 9-15 December 1981. The original tracings by Michael Whitehead were scanned by Colin Southwell.

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Title Historical Adelie penguin breeding colony maps in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, 1981/82
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5a2feb8d-7cb5-4faa-b2e1-bd5048811098
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/11/1981 - 31/01/1982
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        73.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        86.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        86.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        73.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        73.0,
        -70.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Historical Adelie penguin breeding colony maps in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, 1981/82". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/historical-adelie-penguin-breeding-colony-maps-in-prydz-bay-east-antarctica-1981-821