International Polar Year - 2012 - Antarctic Region

Contained within the Atlas of Canada's Reference Map Series, 1961 to 2012, is a revised bilingual map which was produced as a special product for the International Polar Year 2012. It was produced from the British Antarctic Survey (2010) Antarctica and the Arctic 1:10 000 000 scale map, Series BAS (Misc) Sheets 15A and 15B. Its round shape shows detail from south of 60 degrees latitude. The map uses the Polar Stereographic projection. All international boundaries are shown. Some seasonally populated places are shown. A number of significant features can be found such as coastline and ice shelves; bathymetry; ice/rock limits; contours, key mountain summits and hill-shaded terrain, and scientific research stations.

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Dernière modification avril 17, 2026, 20:03 (TU)
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contact_email geoinfo@nrcan.gc.ca
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title_fr Année polaire internationale - 2012 - La région antarctique
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