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Isles of Scilly


LIU Chuang1SHI Ruixiang1
1 Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China

DOI:10.3974/geodb.2016.09.07.V1

Published:Dec.2016

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Key Words:

Isles of Scilly,England,Cornish Peninsula,data encyclopedia

Abstract:

The Isles of Scilly is located in southwest of England, 41 km from the Cornish Peninsula (also called Cornwall Peninsula). It’s geolocation is 6°26'45〞W-6°14'34〞W,49°51'48〞N-49°58'58〞N. 265 islands are included in the Isles of Scilly, including 5 inhabited islands, they are: St Mary's Island, Tresco Island, St Martin's Island, Bryher Island and St. Agnes Island. The biggest island is the St Mary's Island with the area of 7.37 km². Other small islands include Samson island, Annet island, St. Helen's Island, Tean Island, Great Ganilly Island and small islets. The total area of the islands is 20.58 km², the total coast line is 162.66 km long. The dataset is archived in both .kmz和.shp data formats with the data size of 1.38MB.

Foundation Item:

Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y22Q0203TD)

Data Citation:

LIU Chuang, SHI Ruixiang.Isles of Scilly[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2016. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2016.09.07.V1.

Zhang, Y. H., Liu, C., Shi, R. X., et al. Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom [J]. Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery, 2019, 3(4): 393–395. DOI: 10.3974/geodp.2019.03.13.

Data Product:

ID Data Name Data Size Operation
1 IslesScilly.kmz 506.39KB
2 IslesScillyshp.rar 891.88KB
Co-Sponsors

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Geographical Society of China

Parteners

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in/for/with Developing Countries (PASTD)

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Digital Linchao GeoMuseum