Coastal kelp beds around the Falkland Islands

This dataset maps the location and extent of kelp beds in the coastal waters of the Falkland Islands at an average resolution of 3 metres.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:06 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:22 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start 2016-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2016-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2016
Lineage The kelp beds were digitised manually from Google Earth imagery by Junichi Sugishita (University of Otago, New Zealand) and the shape file comprises of 10873 records, each representing a kelp area. Surface area of the kelp is calculated in square metres.
West Longitude 200413.56
South Latitude 4191383.04
East Longitude 452557.09
North Latitude 340747.59
Spatial Reference System UTM 21S WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Please acknowledge data source as: SAERI Marine Spatial Planning. A Darwin PLUS Initiative project funded by the UK government
Data Format shape
Update Frequency not planned
Accuracy approximately 3 metres
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2016-08-08
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-SAERI-284

Dataset extent

Map tiles by Stamen Design, under CC BY 3.0. Data by OpenStreetMap, under CC BY SA.