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Country Profile: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Country Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1:25,000 Scale Topographic MapsGovernment of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Foreign and Commonwealth Office1:25,0002009 – 20105
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1:100,000 Scale Topographic MapsGovernment of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Foreign and Commonwealth Office1:100,0002010 – 20103

Geoscientific
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Antarctica VSEGI Series 1:5,000,000 Scale Geological MapsRussian Geological Research Institute1:5,000,0001979 – 19791

Thematic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
The World 1:30,000,000 Scale Topographic Map Series 1145 (NGA)DMA1:30,000,0002

Global Census Archive: GIS Census Data

East View Geospatial has an ongoing effort to add GIS census data to our Global Census Archive program. Please contact us for the status and availability of Jan Mayen census resources.


Global Resources

Topographic
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military City PlansVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)Varies1944 – 20033017
Soviet Military 1:100,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:100,0001947 – 199924897
Soviet Military 1:200,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:200,0001949 – 200917799
Soviet Military 1:500,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:500,0001953 – 19983093

Nautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
NGA Nautical Charts POD Certified (All Scales)National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyVaries1943 – 20134517

Aeronautical
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Joint Operations Graphic (JOG) 1:250,000 – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:250,0001958 – 20074204
Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) 1:500,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:500,0001967 – 2006598
Operational Navigation Chart (ONC) 1:1,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:1,000,0001969 – 2001243
Jet Navigation Chart (JNC) 1:2,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:2,000,0001971 – 1999117
Global Navigation and Planning Chart (GNC) 1:5,000,000 Scale – AeronauticalDefence Mapping Agency1:5,000,0001981 – 199927

Geoscientific
SeriesPublisherScaleYearsSheets
Soviet Military 1:1,000,000 Scale Topographic MapsVoenno-topograficheskoe upravlenie General’nogo shtaba (Soviet Union)1:1,000,0001948 – 19941089

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Historical Country Mapping Information

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Topographic

Jan Mayen, a volcanic island belonging to Norway, has been mapped by the Norsk Polarinstitutt (NPI), Tromsø. Triangulation and fieldwork were carried out in 1949-50 and a 1:50,000 scale map was compiled using air photography flown in 1949 and 1955. The map is contoured at 20 m intervals and glaciers are shown in white with ice-free areas in yellow. A single sheet map at 1:100.000 scale, with 40 m contours, published in 1990, and compiled from 1975 air photography and new GPS data. The map shows changes consequent on the volcanic eruption of Beerenberg in 1970. Projection is Transverse Mercator, geodetic datum WGS84.

Soviet military topographic mapping of Jan Mayen exists at the following scales: 1:1,000,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1975) and 1:200,000 (1 sheet, complete coverage, published in 1969). These products are available in print, digital raster and digital vector GIS formats from East View Geospatial.


Geological/Scientific

The Norwegian national atlas Nasjonalatlas for Norge includes several 1:1,000,000 scale maps of Svalbard and Jan Mayen together, covering the themes of landforms, bedrock geology, vegetation and wildlife.

A gazetteer of Jan Mayen is available in the NPI Skrifter series.


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