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Exported GIS Map Layers Available for Download

Basic Layers from the MCM-LTER spatial data holdings have been exported and symbolized, and they are available for download here.

• MCMLTER_GIS_Export_Layers.zip (10MB)

  This file contains vector map layers, including:

  • glaciers
  • lakes and ponds
  • streams - monitored, and not monitored
  • topo lines - 50m
  • ocean
  • glacier stake locations
  • met station locations
  • stream gauge locations
  • camp locations

  Note - many layer features are also encoded with URLs to up-to-date data on this website. For a more complete description of available layers, please check out the README file.

• MCMLTER_GIS_Raster_Layers.zip (very large file - 125MB)

  This file contains raster base layers, including:

  • 30m DEM made from USGS Topo map
  • SPOT Satellite Image 39-558
  • LANDSAT 7 Satellite Image

  Note - the SPOT and LANDSAT layers are not MCM-LTER data products.

• Polar Geospatial Center Antartic Map resources - downloadable, searchable, viewable (login required) maps of Antarctica (exit site)

Non-Georeferenced Maps

• Aerial Photography - Clickable map featuring 1993 aerial photography (exit site)
• Bathymetry Maps
  • Lake Bonney
  • Lake Fryxell
  • Lake Hoare

Other Antarctic Mapping and GIS Resources on the Web

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (Wiki Entry) (exit site)
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names - Antarctica (exit site)
• Atlas of Antarctic Research at the USGS (exit site) - The USGS has additional Dry Valley GIS layers available for download, including the following:
  • High Resolution (2m) LIDAR Elevation data - Taylor, Wright, Victoria, and Beacon Valleys
  • Raster Layers - Basemap, 100m DEM, and 30m DEM for the entire Dry Valleys region
• LANDSAT Image Mosiac of Antarctica (LIMA) - High resolution satellite imagery of the McMurdo area, Antarctica. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), created LIMA from more than 1,000 Landsat ETM+ scenes.
• New Zealand Antarctic GIS - Access Antarctica - Courtesy of the University of Canterbury, Antarctic Studies