Antarctic National Territorial Claims GIS

AU_AADC provides a GIS dataset representing Antarctic territorial claims from the South Pole to the coastline. It is based on a 1979 map published by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. The data is intended to reflect national legislation but does not represent official Australian government views on other countries' claims.

Use Cases

• Visualizing overlapping national claim boundaries using geospatial vector data.
• Analyzing the spatial extent of territorial claims relative to the Antarctic coastline feature.
• Creating base layers for political maps of Antarctica showing claimant nations.
• Studying the legal and geographic implications of claims extending from the South Pole.

Strengths

• Data is derived from an official 1979 map published by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.
• Explicitly covers claims from the South Pole to the Antarctic coastline for each nation.

Limitations

• Data source map is from 1979, making the information potentially outdated for current legal analysis.
• No metadata on row count, column names, or file size is available.
• The dataset disclaimer states it should not be treated as evidence of official Australian government views.

Provenance

Source

Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).

Collection Method

Derived from the map 'Antarctica' published in 1979.

Time Range

Based on a 1979 source snapshot.

Freshness

Last updated in June 2009.

Geography

Antarctica, from the South Pole to the coastline.