Iceberg Surface Elevation Near Coulman Island Emperor Penguin Colony, Antarctica (2025)

Antarctica's Ross Sea hosts surface elevation measurements for a grounded iceberg near the Coulman Island emperor penguin colony. The 99.5 MB dataset was created by Jinku Park from aerial imagery captured in December 2025. It is provided to support analyses of iceberg morphology and potential impacts on penguin access routes.

Use Cases

• Analyzing iceberg morphology and surface features based on the high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM).
• Modeling potential impacts on penguin colony access routes based on the iceberg's elevation profile.
• Conducting change detection studies for grounded icebergs in the Ross Sea region based on the 2025 temporal snapshot.

Strengths

• Data is derived from high-resolution aerial imagery acquired in December 2025.
• The dataset has a specific geographic focus on a known emperor penguin colony location.
• It is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's row count and internal structure are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 99.5 MB file size suggests a relatively small spatial or data granularity scale.

Provenance

Source

Jinku Park

Collection Method

Derived from a photogrammetric Digital Surface Model (DSM) generated from aerial imagery.

Time Range

December 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 00:49:21; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Grounded iceberg adjacent to the Coulman Island emperor penguin colony, Ross Sea, Antarctica.