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Whitney Point Adelie Penguin Colonies, Vector GIS Layer

Australian Antarctic Division
Woehler, E. and Bricher, P.K. ; WOEHLER, ERIC ; BRICHER, PHILLIPPA KATE
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An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each polygon as extant, relic or maximum. Extant refers to the area used by breeding birds in the summer 2005/06. Maximum refers to the historic maximal extent of the colony. Relic refers to any colony which was not occupied by any breeding pairs during 2005/06.

Positional accuracy is approx. 1-2 m, after accounting for dGPS errors and errors in identification of the boundaries of colonies. Mapping was conducted after the end of the breeding season, so boundaries were identified as the extent of nest pebbles/fresh faeces, and it was considered that they could be reliably identified to within 0.5m.

Data were acquired using a Trimble Pro XH differential GPS. This work was completed as part of ASAC project 1219 (ASAC_1219).

Also for this project, three aerial photographs of Whitney point showing the adelie penguin colonies and taken on 17 December 1990 were georeferenced.
These aerial photographs are film ANTC1219 run 54 frames 21 to 23.

Work on this project also utilised a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) created for Shirley Island. See the metadata record, 'A digital elevation model (DEM) and orthophoto of the Whitney Point area of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica' for more information (linked below).

Since the 2005/06 summer was a low-ice year the opportunity was also taken to survey with differential GPS a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point on Clark Peninsula. This section of coastline was ice free and accessible. The data was collected with differential GPS on 10 February 2006.

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Progress Code: completed
Statement: This shapefile was created using a Trimble pro XH differential GPS. Mean vertical precision = 1.00m, StDev = 0.79m Mean horizontal precision = 0.49m, StDev = 0.39m Positional accuracy is approx. 1-2 m, after accounting for dGPS errors and errors in identification of the boundaries of colonies. Mapping was conducted after the end of the breeding season, so boundaries were identified as the extent of nest pebbles/fresh faeces. It was considered that the boundaries could be reliably identified to within 0.5m

Data time period: 2006-02-10 to 2006-02-24

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AMD | AMD/AU | Adelie Penguin | CEOS | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS | FIELD SURVEYS | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | GIS | GPS > Global Positioning System | GPS > Global Positioning System Satellites | GPS RECEIVERS | Pygoscelis adeliae | Whitney Point | Windmill Islands | biota | colonies | map |

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Metadata record for, "A digital elevation model (DEM) and orthophoto of the Whitney Point area of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica". (EXTENDED METADATA)

uri : http://gcmd.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?whitney_dem

Download Point for the penguin colonies shapefile (GET DATA)

uri : https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1541/download

Download Point for the georeferenced aerial photographs (GET DATA)

uri : https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/3576/download

Download Point for a section of coastline about 230 metres long east of Whitney Point (GET DATA)

uri : https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/3582/download

Public information for ASAC project 1219 (PROJECT HOME PAGE)

uri : https://projects.aad.gov.au/search_projects_results.cfm?project_no=1219

Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset (VIEW RELATED INFORMATION)

uri : http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1219_AAT_WP_ADPE_Colonies

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  • global : ASAC_1219_AAT_WP_ADPE_Colonies