SCAR Antarctic Map Catalogue

The Australian Antarctic Division holds a collection of approximately 5,500 maps and charts. A catalogue of its holdings can be searched in detail and viewed in the SCAR Antarctic Map Catalogue.


The Map Catalogue includes many historical maps dating back to the mid 1800's, thematic maps such as geological, vegetation and bathymetry maps, hydrographic charts, topographical maps, satellite image maps and orthophoto maps.


Maps for work purposes are provided to Antarctic Expeditioners and AAD staff free of charge. Members of the public may be directed to mapping sales outlets. Contact the technical officer (below) for details.


Many maps in the catalogue are digital maps available for download. These maps are provided free of charge.


The Data Centre employs a Map Curator for adding, updating and correcting map references. The Map Curator is also responsible for storing and manageing the physical copies of maps in the Data Centre Map store.


If there are any errors, please advise the Data Centre using the links on the Map Catalogue page.

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title
SCAR Antarctic Map Catalogue
Date (Publication)
1999-10-07
Edition
5

Originator

Harris, U. and Smith, D.T.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

HARRIS, URSULA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

HARRIS, URSULA
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Collaborator

SMITH, DAVID T.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/map_catalogue

Status
On going

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Environment
  • Elevation
  • Geoscientific information
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
  • Oceans
  • Planning cadastre

Extent

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Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1840-01-01
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > POLITICAL DIVISIONS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > BOUNDARY SURVEYS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND TENURE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND PRODUCTIVITY
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND RESOURCES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > CONTOUR MAPS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > SURFACE ROUGHNESS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
  • EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
Keywords
  • ANTARCTICA
  • CATALOGUE
  • MAP
  • SCAR
  • Horizontal and vertical datum
  • Projection
  • Publishing Authority
  • Datum
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SURVEYING TOOLS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • MAPS
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CEOS
  • AMD/AU
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

Resource constraints

Use limitation
This metadata record is publicly available.

Resource constraints

Access constraints
licence
Other constraints
The data are available in a database at the provided URL. The map catalogue is freely available. Products such as PDF's and images linked to map references can be freely accessed.

Resource constraints

File type
Portable Network Graphic
Linkage
Creative Commons by Attribution logo

Title
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Website
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license

Use constraints
licence
Other constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=map_catalogue when using these data. Each map has a unique reference number. Please also use that identifier in any citation. Contact the Data Centre if there are any doubts about citation use.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free/small charge
Planned available datetime
1999-10-07T00:00:00
OnLine resource
PROJECT HOME PAGE

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - SCAR

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

General mapping information and access to the SCAR Antarctic Map Catalogue

OnLine resource
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Resource lineage

Statement
The majority of the map references are managed by the Data Centre Map Curator ensuring most, if not all, references are as complete as possible.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2008-02-08 - record updated by Dave Connell - Distribution field and use constraints updated. 2008-04-18 - record updated by Dave Connell. 2008-11-18 - record updated by Dave Watts. 2019-02-01 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/map_catalogue

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
0879fec2-bcb4-4b6a-aa24-de0100e7bb56

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2019-02-01T10:25:54

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/map_catalogue

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2003-02-12T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2019-02-01

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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