Marine Debrismacquarie Island

Posted on 29-03-2021 by admin

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Marine debris records from beaches on Heard and Macquarie Islands and floating debris spotted on voyages.
Data were collected by observers surveying beaches either methodically or opportunistically, and by observers spotting debris as it floated past ships.
The data were originally collated into a searchable database, but the application is no longer supported by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. An extract of the data is attached to this metadata record. The extract is in Excel format, and each worksheet is a copy of a database table.

A rough clip showing the process of collecting beach stranded marine debris on the rough shores of sub Antarctic Macquarie Island. Wed 09 Dec 2015 21:24:29 EST.

Issued: 20060323

Marine debris records from beaches on Heard and Macquarie Islands and floating debris spotted on voyages. Data were collected by observers surveying beaches either methodically or opportunistically, and by observers spotting debris as it floated past ships. The data were originally collated into a searchable database, but the application is no longer supported by the Australian Antarctic Data. Wed 09 Dec 2015 21:57:49 EST.

Data time period: 1987-01-22 to 2002-02-18

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Originator AADC
Resource provider AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Publisher Australian Antarctic Data Centre

73.4,-52.95 73.4,-53.01 73.27,-53.01 73.27,-52.95 73.4,-52.95

73.335,-52.98

158.96393,-54.47961 158.96393,-54.78485 158.76617,-54.78485 158.76617,-54.47961 158.96393,-54.47961

158.86505,-54.63223

160,-42 160,-68 60,-68 60,-42 160,-42

110,-55

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