Antarctic icesheet datasets

In the Antarctic, south of -60 degrees latitude, glaciation is not explicitly mapped in OpenStreetMap to avoid huge polygons that are difficult to handle. Instead it is assumed that all land areas that are not explicitly mapped otherwise are covered by ice. This needs to be taken into consideration when interpreting the OpenStreetMap data like for rendering a map. The data here was created to make this easier. Learn more about the Antarctic Icesheet processing...

The results of this can be downloaded here.

Antarctic icesheet polygons

Polygons for ice covered areas in Antarctica that are not explicitly mapped as glaciers.

Antarctic icesheet outlines

Outlines of ice covered areas in Antarctica that are not explicitly mapped as glaciers.