Sea Ports and Ferry Terminals in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

An OpenStreetMap export from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, last updated on 2026-03-03. The dataset contains geospatial features for ports and ferry terminals in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands region. Features likely include attributes such as name, address, and operator type.

Use Cases

• Map maritime infrastructure locations based on OpenStreetMap tags for ports and ferry terminals.
• Analyze port operator types based on the 'operator:type' attribute.
• Validate or augment regional nautical charts based on named port and terminal features.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML).
• Features are defined by specific OpenStreetMap tag queries for ports and ferry terminals.
• Dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap volunteer contributions.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from OpenStreetMap based on specific tag filters.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:16:16.273259; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands