Iceberg Distribution around the Antarctic continent - derived from 1997 satellite imagery

This dataset is a collection of points that describe the location and size of icebergs surrounding the Antarctic continent. The points locations are in Polar Stereographic -71 latitude (with corresponding x, y geographic coordinates) The dataset was extracted and compiled using a novel technique from the 'RAMP AMM-1 SAR Image Mosaic of Antarctica (Version 2)' available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at https://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0103/versions/2.

The data are available in NetCDF and csv formats.

Data and resources

Additional information

Temporal extent1997-09-09 – 1997-10-20
Date (publication)2021-03-04
Statuscompleted
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThis metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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