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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, provides maps of Antarctic ice shelves, Antarctic basins, and the Antarctic coastline. The maps are assembled from 2008-2009 ice-front data from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) ALOS PALSAR and European Space Agency's ENVISAT ASAR data, acquired during International Polar Years 2007-2009 (IPY); the InSAR-based grounding line data (MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry), augmented with other grounding line sources; the Antarctic ice velocity map (MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Antarctica Ice Velocity Map); and the Bedmap-2 DEM.

See <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/measures/aiv">Antarctic Ice Sheet Velocity and Mapping Data</a> for related data.

Version Description

Major changes for Version 2 include:
  • Added the basins IMBIE 2016 and refined
  • Updated and expanded the attribute lists
Minor changes include:
  • Changed grounding lines for Crosson/Dotson ice shelves based on Sentinel-1A
  • Added 15 new small ice shelves
  • Added missing ice rises on Larsen-C, Riiser-Larsen, Quar, Atka, Fimbul, Crosson, Borchgrevink, Beaudouin, and Pine Island ice shelves
  • Fixed an issue with Wordie ice shelf boundaries (Cape Jeremy basin)
  • Fixed an issue with Larsen A ice shelf, Drygalski glacier
  • Fixed small gaps between polygons
  • Updated names of the ice shelves (each polygon has a specific name)
  • Removed grounded polygon from IceBoundaries (provided by GroundingLine_Antarctica shapefile)

Product Summary

Platforms
ALOS ,
Aqua ,
COSMO-SKYMED ,
ENVISAT ,
ERS-1 ,
ERS-2 ,
LANDSAT-8 ,
RADARSAT-1 ,
RADARSAT-2 ,
Sentinel-1A ,
Terra
Instruments
PALSAR ,
MODIS ,
SAR ,
ASAR ,
OLI ,
C-SAR
Projects
MEaSUREs
Spatial Extent

N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic (EPSG:3031)
Location
ANTARCTICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1992-02-07 to 2015-12-31
Temporal Resolution
24 Year
Concept ID
C3297995634-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
7
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Basins ,
Coastline ,
Grounding Line ,
Ice Shelves

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Mouginot, J., Scheuchl, B., & Rignot, E. (2017). MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AXE4121732AD Date Accessed: 2026-09-15

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Assessing future ice shelf hydrofracture vulnerability in the ISMIP6 ensemble Reynolds, Benjamin, Nowicki, Sophie Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity
Rapid deglacial retreat of a regional scale ice stream and late Holocene readvance in Vincennes Bay, east Antarctica Blaxell, Marcello G., Small, David, Fink, David, Fulop, Reka-H., Codilean, Alexandru T., Post, Alexandra, Wilcken, Klaus, Fujioka, Toshiyuki, Berg, Sonja, Goodwin, Ian, Phipps, Steven, Jeromson, Matthew R., White, Duanne A. Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Estimating Antarctic surface melt rates using passive microwave data calibrated with weather station observations Di Biase, Valeria, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, Wouters, Bert, van den Broeke, Michiel R., van Tiggelen, Maurice Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Brightness Temperature
Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature projections over Antarctic ice shelves Fields, Maya, Bassis, Jeremy, Kachuck, Samuel B, Moldwin, Mark, Agosta, Cecile Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Mapping Antarctic geothermal heat flow with deep neural networks optimized by particle swarm optimization algorithm Liu, Shaoxia, Tang, Xueyuan, Yang, Shuhu, Wang, Lijuan, Liu, Jianjie Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming Winkelmann, Ricarda, Garbe, Julius, Donges, Jonathan F., Albrecht, Torsten Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Glacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate Lovell, Harold, Benn, Douglas I., Jiskoot, Hester, Stokes, Chris R., Flowers, Gwenn E., Guillet, Gregoire, Mannerfelt, Erik Schytt, Falaschi, Daniel, Kaab, Andreas, King, Owen, Benediktsson, Ivar Orn, Bhambri, Rakesh, Lv, Mingyang, Muhammad, Sher, Luckman, Adrian Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity
Quantifying temperature-sliding inconsistency in thermomechanical coupling: a comparative analysis of geothermal heat flux datasets at Totten Glacier Wang, Junshun, Zhao, Liyun, Wolovick, Michael, Moore, John C. Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation
Assessing the Likelihood of Unprecedented Antarctic Heat in the Current Climate Suitters, Charlie C., Screen, James A., Catto, Jennifer L., Jones, Julie M., Li, Sihan, Orr, Andrew, Scaife, Adam A., Tang, Haosu Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
A fan-shaped subglacial basin province in East Antarctica formed by rotational extension Armadillo, Egidio, Rizzello, Daniele, Balbi, Pietro, Ghirotto, Alessandro, Scafidi, Davide, Paxman, Guy J. G., Zunino, Andrea, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Crispini, Laura, Laufer, Andreas, Lisker, Frank, Ruppel, Antonia, Morelli, Danilo, Siegert, Martin Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Ice Velocity
Emergent decadal predictability in Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise McCormack, Felicity S., Morlighem, Mathieu, Pattyn, Frank, Robel, Alexander A., Seroussi, Helene Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Determining the Character of Subglacial Sediments in the IceBedrock Interface Zone of Antarctica Using HorizontaltoVertical Spectral Ratios (HVSRs) of Seismic Ambient Noise Kelly, I. D., Reading, A. M., Stal, T., Kulessa, B., GarciaJerez, A., PinaFlores, J., Paolucci, E., Tanzini, A., Turner, R. J., Magyar, J. C., Bassom, A. P. Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Pinning-point buttressing and century-scale stability of the LambertAmery system, 20202100 Wang, Qianxi, Li, Teng, Liang, Qi, Zheng, Lei, Moore, John C., Cheng, Xiao Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Data-driven bed rheology enhances retreat on Thwaites Glacier Schwans, Emily, Parizek, Byron, Alley, Richard, Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, Wang, Shujie Ice Velocity, Grounding Line, Basins, Coastline, Ice Shelves
Machine-Learning Emulation of the Modeled Basal Thermal State for Totten Glacier Wang, Junshun, Zhao, Liyun, Dong, Jin, Moore, John C. Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity
Oceanographic influences and high productivity recorded in a coastal bay of the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, during the Holocene Heberlein, Marianne G., Totten, Rebecca L., Fernandez, Rodrigo, Hillenbrand, ClausDieter, Byrne, Colton C., Nitsche, Frank O., Wellner, Julia S., Smith, James A., Miller, Lauren E., Radionovskaya, Svetlana, Graham, Alastair G. C., Larter, Robert D., Hogan, Kelly A., Boehme, Lars, Wacker, Lukas Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
The Foundation-Patuxent-Academy ice stream system, Antarctica Ross, Neil, Sanderson, Rebecca J., Kulessa, Bernd, Siegert, Martin, Paxman, Guy J. G., Nichols, Keir A., Siegfried, Matthew R., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Bentley, Michael J., Jordan, Tom A., Batchelor, Christine L., Small, David, Eisen, Olaf, Winter, Kate, Bingham, Robert G., Callard, S. Louise, Carr, Rachel, Dow, Christine F., Fricker, Helen A., Hill, Emily, Hills, Benjamin H., Hofstede, Coen, Jeofry, Hafeez, Napoleoni, Felipe, Sauthoff, Wilson Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Bathymetry, Bed Elevation, Firn Air Content, Glacier/Ice Sheet Thickness, Terrain Elevation, Ice Velocity
Basal Melting and Oceanic Observations Beneath Central Fimbulisen, East Antarctica Lindback, Katrin, Darelius, Elin, Moholdt, Geir, Vankova, Irena, Hattermann, Tore, Lauber, Julius, de Steur, Laura Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Assessing the sensitivity of the Vanderford Glacier, East Antarctica, to basal melt and calving Bird, Lawrence A., McCormack, Felicity S., Beckmann, Johanna, Jones, Richard S., Mackintosh, Andrew N. Ice Velocity, Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves, Firn Air Content, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Growth/Melt, Mass Balance
Groundwater dynamics beneath a marine ice sheet Cairns, Gabriel J., Benham, Graham P., Hewitt, Ian J. Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Large-scale ice-shelf calving events follow prolonged amplifications in flexure Teder, Nathan J., Bennetts, Luke G., Reid, Phillip A., Massom, Robert A., Pitt, Jordan P. A., Scambos, Theodore A., Fraser, Alexander D. Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Repeated major inland retreat of Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers (West Antarctica) during the Pliocene Horikawa, Keiji, Iwai, Masao, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Siddoway, Christine S., Halberstadt, Anna Ruth, Cowan, Ellen A., Penkrot, Michelle L., Gohl, Karsten, Wellner, Julia S., Asahara, Yoshihiro, Shin, Ki-Cheol, Noda, Masahiro, Fujimoto, Miyu, Gohl, Karsten, Wellner, Julia S., Klaus, Adam, Kulhanek, Denise, Bauersachs, Thorsten, Bohaty, Steven M., Courtillat, Margot, Cowan, Ellen A., De Lira Mota, Marcelo A., Esteves, Mariana S.R., Fegyveresi, John M., Frederichs, Thomas, Gao, Liang, Halberstadt, Anna Ruth, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Iwai, Masao, Kim, Ji-Hoon, King, Theresa M., Klages, Johann P., Passchier, Sandra, Penkrot, Michelle L., Prebble, Joseph G., Rahaman, Waliur, Reinardy, Benedict T.I., Renaudie, Johan, Robinson, Delaney E., Scherer, Reed P., Siddoway, Christine S., Wu, Li, Yamane, Masako Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Reconstructing Eocene Antarctic river drainage from provenance analysis of Amundsen Sea embayment sediments Marschalek, James W., van de Flierdt, Tina, Siddoway, Christine S., Thomson, Stuart N., Paxman, Guy J. G., Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Conrad, Ethan, Licht, Kathy J., Hemming, Sidney R., Bentley, Michael J., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Smith, James A., Klages, Johann P., Fox, Matthew, Pastore, Guido, Vermeesch, Pieter Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Reactivation of a Subglacial Channel Around the Grounding Zone of Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, Antarctica Zhou, Yan, Franke, Steven, Kleiner, Thomas, Drews, Reinhard, Humbert, Angelika, Jansen, Daniela, Steinhage, Daniel, Eisen, Olaf Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
Changes in Antarctic surface conditions and potential for ice shelf hydrofracturing from 1850 to 2200 Jourdain, Nicolas C., Amory, Charles, Kittel, Christoph, Durand, Gael Basins, Coastline, Grounding Line, Ice Shelves
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