At-sea seabird and marine mammal sightings from South Georgia wide area including some areas around the Falklands between 2002 and 2004

The dataseries was provided by the South Georgia and South Sandwhich Islands Governemnt for the purpose of the Darwin Plus- funded project 'Marine Spatial Planning for the Falkland Islands' (July 2014-July 2016). It describes the locations of at-sea sightings of seabirds and marine mammals during surveys conducted in the wider marine area around South Georgia and the Falklands. The dataseries includes only the data in Falklands waters, data gathered in South Georgia waters are available by requesting them to South Georgia government directly. Data were gathered between October 2002 and August 2004.

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Last Updated December 14, 2020, 09:52 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:20 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2002-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2004-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2004
Lineage The original data is an excel file accompained with another excel file with the explanation of all the codes used in the data file. The only change made to the original data file was to add geographic coordinates (LAT/LONG) in decimal degrees to make their input in GIS easier.
West Longitude -63.4297
South Latitude -54.294
East Longitude -51.0008
North Latitude -46.2143
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Restricted, send data request to data owner
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Please acknowledge data source as: South Georgia and South Sandwich Government and SAERI Marine Spatial Planning. A Darwin PLUS Initiative project funded by the UK government
Data Format excel
Update Frequency not planned
Accuracy The accuracy of the locations is estimated around 1 kilometre
Resource Type Dataseries
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2015-10-02
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-SAERI-221

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