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Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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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 The hard copy of the file has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.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 Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/517f6934-8edb-49c8-95c8-70ca67ec8dab
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/03/1968 - 31/12/1968
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        111.0,
        -67.0
      ],
      [
        111.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -66.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -67.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Seals report for Wilkes Station, 1968". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seals-report-for-wilkes-station-1968