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West Ronne Ice Shelf

Location Map: MODIS image from 03 December 2002, 10:50

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Projection Information
Projection: Polar Stereographic
Datum: WGS84
Standard Parallel: -71.0
Corner Coordinates:
    UL: 71.647590S 52.030040W
    LL: 74.775590S 72.319294W
    UR: 76.274403S 34.345045W
    LR: 80.954805S 59.131038W
Number of Rows (MODIS): 2928
Number of Columns (MODIS): 2960
Number of Rows (AVHRR): 732
Number of Columns (AVHRR): 740
Meters per Pixel (MODIS): 250
Meters per Pixel (AVHRR): 1000