Widewall Bay Harbour of Refuge is a location designated by the Harbour Authority for the safety of oil tankers in distress. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform. The specific geographic coordinates, boundaries, and associated safety features are likely included.
Use Cases
- Modeling maritime risk and emergency response plans based on designated safe harbor locations.
- Analyzing shipping lane safety near Scapa Flow based on the presence of a designated refuge.
- Integrating harbor refuge data into geographic information systems for maritime navigation.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from an authoritative government body, the Harbour Authority.
- The description provides a clear, specific purpose for the designated area.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Widewall Bay, southern approach to Scapa Flow