8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429 eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2020-12-01 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 The coastline of Kalaallit Nunaat/ Greenland available as a shapefile and geopackage, covering the main land and islands, with glacier fronts updated as of 2017 2020-12-01 creation 2020-12-01 revision 2020-12-01 publication 2020-12-01 released 1.0 https://doi.org/10.5285/8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429 doi GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01439 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ Please cite this item as: Gerrish, L. (2020). The coastline of Kalaallit Nunaat/ Greenland available as a shapefile and geopackage, covering the main land and islands, with glacier fronts updated as of 2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429 A coastline of Kalaallit Nunaat/ Greenland covering all land and islands, produced in 2017 for the BAS map 'Greenland and the European Arctic'. The dataset was produced by extracting the land mask from the Greenland BedMachine dataset and manually editing anomalous data. Some missing islands were added and glacier fronts were updated using 2017 satellite imagery. The dataset can be used for cartography, analysis and as a mask, amongst other uses. At very large scales, the data will appear angular due to the nature of being extracted from a raster with 150 m cell size, but the dataset should be suitable for use at most scales and can be edited by the user to exclude very small islands if required. The projection of the dataset is WGS 84 NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North, EPSG 3413. The dataset does not promise to cover every island and coastlines were digitised using the data creator's interpretation of the landforms from the images. No credit. completed Gerrish, Laura British Antarctic Survey Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Coastline Greenland Land cover Topography theme Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat Greenland place Oceanographic geographical features Elevation theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions no limitations to public access otherRestrictions no limitations license Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions Data released under Open Government Licence V3.0: Please cite as follows: Gerrish, L. (2020). The coastline of Kalaallit Nunaat/ Greenland available as a shapefile and geopackage, covering the main land and islands, with glacier fronts updated as of 2017. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8CECDE06-8474-4B58-A9CB-B820FA4C9429 doi doi crossReference url url crossReference textTable eng utf8 boundaries geoscientificInformation -73.272 -11.464 59.739 83.675 2017-06-24 2017-10-06 It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor application/octet-stream application/zip bytes 5515510 https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download bytes 5515510 https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=8cecde06-8474-4b58-a9cb-b820fa4c9429 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: Dataset compiled primarily from the ''IceBridge BedMachine Greenland, Version 3'': Morlighem, M. et al. 2017. IceBridge BedMachine Greenland, Version 3. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/2CIX82HUV88Y. Accessed 29/09/2017. Using Esri ArcGIS 10.4, polygons were extracted from the 'land' mask with 'simplify polygons' selected, so as to slightly smooth the 150x150 m pixel size. Landsat 8 imagery was obtained for 2017 (courtesy of USGS) and the coastline was checked and manually updated against this imagery. Main changes included editing data that was incorrect or missing, and finally updating all major and most minor glacier fronts, where ice had retreated or advanced since the source date of the BedMachine dataset. Data collection: Data compiled using the following software: Esri ArcGIS v 10.4, QGIS 2.18. Data quality: We cannot comprehensively say that this dataset covers every island or is completely accurate for all sections of the coastline. It is possible to interpret satellite imagery in different ways, especially in snowy images or regions with sea-ice close to the coast, but the dataset was produced to the best available standard available with the creator's knowledge. asNeeded completed