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Porpoise Bay

Location Map: MODIS image from 14 November 2002, 00:20

To download a grid/placename overlay like the one in the above image, click here.

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Select an area Abbot Ice Shelf Amery Ice Shelf Fimbul Ice Shelf East Getz Ice Shelf West Getz Ice Shelf Larsen B Ice Shelf Larsen C Ice Shelf Mertz Glacier Pine Island Bay Porpoise Bay Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Filchner Ice Shelf Ronne Ice Shelf East Ross Ice Shelf West Ross Ice Shelf Sabrina Coast Shackleton Ice Shelf Sulzberger Ice Shelf West Ice Shelf Wilkins Ice Shelf Scotia Sea & South Georgia Island

Projection Information
Projection: Polar Stereographic
Datum: WGS84
Standard Parallel: -71.0
Corner Coordinates:
    UL: 70.001087S 129.999470E
    LL: 64.838684S 142.745289E
    UR: 64.164618S 119.621610E
    LR: 60.091157S 131.699773E
Number of Rows (MODIS): 3200
Number of Columns (MODIS): 3200
Meters per Pixel (MODIS): 250