Details of Sea Cliffs of Ireland

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Dataset identification

Title of datasetSea Cliffs of Ireland
Narrative summary of datasetThis data describes the distribution of sea cliffs identified in the EU Directive on the Conservation of Habitats, Flora and Fauna, also known as the Habitats Directive. The data is presented in the Habitats Directive Article 17 2019 report called The Status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland, available here https://www.npws.ie/publications/article-17-reports.
Summary of processing methodologyA detailed desk study was carried out to catalogue all sea cliff sites in Ireland using 2005 OSI aerial photographs and images of the Irish coastline captured in 2003. A conservation assessment and survey technique were developed (based on the pilot survey completed in 2009) and field surveys and assessments were carried out at 32 cliff sites around Ireland. This work was completed by January 21 2011.
Supporting documentationhttps://www.npws.ie/maps-and-data/habitat-and-species-data
Start date2009-11-01
End date2011-01-21
Frequency of observationsunknown

Responsible organisations

CountryIreland
Organisation nameNational Parks and Wildlife Service
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset
CountryIreland
Organisation nameMarine Institute
Role of organisationPublisher

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/MrZYbVV70E9R1uY
Dataset formatesri shapefile
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC-BY 4.0
TypeDataset

Locations

Map
Latitude north boundary55.438534727912
Longitude east boundary-5.0747257882269
Latitude south boundary51.34109611486
Longitude west boundary-10.721698444477
Sea areaNortheast Atlantic Ocean (40W)
Vertical extent unit100 Metres

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeHabitat
ParameterHabitat extent

Process information

Submitting organisationMarine Institute
Submission identifier (UUID)b69cc1cd-f5d7-4512-9234-dce34a3b1a53
Date of dataset creation2011-01-21
Date of metadata creation2021-08-16
Date of metadata latest revision2021-08-19
Date of publishing2021-09-06
Processing data centreMarine Institute
Summary record-ID839