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SCAR_KGIS  

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  • King George Island is one of the South Shetland Islands. It is located close to the Northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The island is dominated by a huge ice cap. More than 90% of the island are glaciated. The ice-free areas and coastal zones of the island carry a diverse plant and animal life. Penguins, seals, petrels and a comparable rich vegetation make the island's natural environment not only a favorite for tourist cruises. King George Island has also the greatest concentration of multinational research activities in Antarctica. Human activities on the island are based on nine permanent stations and an airstrip maintained by the Chilean airforce. Probably nowhere else in Antarctica the need for coordinated approaches in research activities and environmental management is more evident than on King George Island. This is reflected by Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research's (SCAR) recommendation SCAR XXVI-6 adopted at the XXVIth Meeting of SCAR in Tokyo, July 2000, that calls for efforts to integrate scientific objectives and for collaboration among the nations working on the island. The SCAR King George Island GIS (SCAR KGIS) project provides a fundamental contribution to these endeavors. The project makes available an integrated geographic database for use by all countries and in multi-disciplinary applications. It is coordinated under the Geographic Information Program of the SCAR Geospatial Information Group. Currently the project is hosted at and coordinated by Institut f. Physische Geographie, University Freiburg, Germany. For more information, link to "http://www.kgis.scar.org/" (en)

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/59a5aa9f-1b0a-4d8a-99d2-0b6e451c2472

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