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1997 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) St Kilda broad scale mapping survey of seabed and shore habitats for cSAC

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Summary

A sublittoral survey of St. Kilda candidate* Special Area of Conservation was carried out during June and July 1997. The survey was undertaken using acoustic techniques (RoxAnn) validated by ground-truthing involving diving and remove survey using Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). The littoral survey was undertaken through site visits to the shore with biotopes determined based on MNCR marine biotope manual (Version 97.06).

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Source Metadata
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Date added
10 June 2025
Harvest GUID
b67f42403e12fdd3afcf546362ea56f0
Extent (Latitude)
57.866031768015° to 57.759227308715°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.6991119384766° to -8.4986114501953°
Dataset reference date (publication)
1999-03-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2000-03-31
Frequency of update
continual
Access constraints
Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Responsible party
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters (owner, originator); NatureScot (HQ Inverness) (custodian); Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) (distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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