Vestfold Hills Lake Bathymetry
This data set contains the most recent bathymetric contour data for some of the lakes of the Vestfold Hills.
Lake depth data (all data except Ellis Fjord) was collected from echo sounding records of courses plotted on enlarged aerial photographs (HighJump photography). Courses were straight lines from shoreline features identified on both the photographs and in the field. Depths were plotted on the enlarged photographs and contours drawn between marked depths. Accuracy for position -+ 5 metres. Accuracy for depth -+ 2 metres.
Ellis Fjord was sounded in winter from the ice surface. Painted 44 gallon drums were set up on hills on both sides of the fjord. When a depth position was recorded by weighted line through an ice hole, a theodolite (T2) at the hole was sited to several drums on the land. These triangulations were used to determine the position of the depth in the fjord. Accuracy for position -+ 2cm. Accuracy for depth -+ 2 metres.
The water bodies included in the dataset are:
Ace Lake
Burton Lake
Club Lake
Deep Lake
Ellis Fjord
Lake Abraxas
Lake Anderson
Lake Jabs
Lake Lebed
Lake Nicholson
Lake Stinear
Lake Watts
Oblong Lake
Organic Lake
See also the following maps at the provided links:
Map 15618: Deep Lake Marine Profile - Plan and Longitudinal section (Sheet 2 of 2)
Map 15621: Club Lake Marine Profile – Plan and Longitudinal Section (Sheet 1 of 2)
Map 15622: Lake Jabs, Saline Lake Profiles – Plan and Longitudinal Sections
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Vestfold Hills Lake Bathymetry
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-10-05
- Edition
- 1
- Citation identifier
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Dataset DOI
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-23
- Citation identifier
- ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
- doi:10.26179/5ce375c36a41c
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
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- Elevation
- Inland waters
- Oceans
- Geoscientific information
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1994-11-02 1999-03-15
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > LAKES/RESERVOIRS
- Keywords
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- BATHYMETRY
- ANTARCTICA
- Ace Lake
- VESTFOLD HILLS
- Deep Lake
- Burton Lake
- Club Lake
- LAKES
- Lake Anderson
- Lake Jabs
- Lake Nicholson
- Lake Abraxas
- Lake Stinear
- Lake Watts
- Ellis Fjord
- Organic Lake
- Lake Lebed
- Oblong Lake
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- ECHO SOUNDERS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CEOS
- AMD/AU
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
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- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- Two zip files are available for download from provided URLs. One zip file has the GIS data. The other zip file has files resulting from scanning of the maps from which the GIS data was derived and also figures (e.g. graphs, profiles) relating to the bathymetry.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
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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=vest_lake_bathy_gis when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2010-10-05T00:00:00
Distributor
- Fees
- Free
- Planned available datetime
- 2010-10-05T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 751
- Distribution format
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- Shapefiles
- Units of distribution
- GB
- Transfer size
- 1.0
- Distribution format
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- Pdf, Tif
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD
Download Vestfold Hills lake bathymetry GIS data.
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA
Search SCAR Feature Catalogue
- OnLine resource
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GET DATA > DIRECT DOWNLOAD
Download scans of maps and figures relating to Vestfold Hills lake bathymetry.
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Search for Quality Information Records
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS
Map 15618: Deep Lake Marine Profile - Plan and Longitudinal section (Sheet 2 of 2)
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS
Map 15621: Club Lake Marine Profile – Plan and Longitudinal Section (Sheet 1 of 2)
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > PUBLICATIONS
Map 15622: Lake Jabs, Saline Lake Profiles – Plan and Longitudinal Sections
- OnLine resource
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- The data set was derived from numerous hardcopy maps, which involved four main processes. These were: 1, The hard copy maps were scanned and saved as TIF images. These images were then loaded into Corel Trace and the lines traced creating a DXF file. The DXF files were checked using Microstation for small tracing errors such as dangle arcs, and corrected where necessary. 2, The images of the hard copy maps were geo-referenced using Microstation and a similarity transformation. The images were fitted to the Vestfold Hills lake edge data using a visual best-fit approach with varying results. 3, Using the geo-referenced images, the DXF files were imported, and a similarity transformation was performed to fit the line data to the geo-referenced image. Once geo-referenced, all contour lines had their respective heights tagged. NOTE: For the data for Ellis Fjord two hard copy maps were used. The first map contained the contours for the whole fjord. The second map contained the most recent data for the head of the fjord. The data from the two maps were merged using Microstation after being geo-referenced. For more information see DQI 181. 4, The contour line data were then imported into the Arc/Info coverage format (utilising regions) and structured to conform with the Australian Antarctic Division's Spatial Data Model. This spatial data model has since been superseded by the SCAR Feature Catalogue (refer to link below) and the attribute data have been reformatted accordingly. Each bathymetric contour and bathymetric area feature has a DQI number. Use these DQI numbers (172,176-178,181,186-194) to search for Quality Information Records about the features (refer to link below). Enter the DQI number as the Qinfo id and start the search. The information includes the original hard copy map name and the estimated accuracy of the data.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2000-02-29 Josh Hawkins, HEC Consulting, Updated Summary, Min/Max Depth. 2000-03-01 Josh Hawkins, HEC Consulting, Updated Spatial Information. 2019-03-18 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance. 2019-04-29 - record updated by David Smith to link scans of maps and figures. 2019-05-21 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a DOI. 2021-11-25 - record updated by Dave Connell to add map links at the request of Susan Doust.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/vest_lake_bathy_gis
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- ef17d803-8169-4539-a9bb-819558942ab4
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2021-11-25T15:11:45
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/vest_lake_bathy_gis
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2000-02-29T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2021-11-25
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile