Livingstone Island - Antarctica

Basic Information
Site Name
Livingstone Island
Short name
Antarctica
Country
Antarctica
Web Address
http://www.lter-bulgaria.net/wordpress/en/antarctica/
Site Manager
Nesho Chipev
Site Description
Livingston Island (62º39’S, 60º21’W) is situated in the South Shetlands, one of the Earth’s regions where warming has been more significant in the last 50 years. Livingston island shows high mountain relief, is 90% covered by glaciers and the bedrock in the research area (Hurd Peninsula) is a low-grade metasedimentary sequence of sandstone, shales and quartzite. About 10% free of ice vegetated terrains.
Last modified
2021-11-23 11:11:20

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2008
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Bulgaria✔ (LTER_EU_BG_001)This site is a verified "LTER Bulgaria" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -62.6337 Longitude: -60.3479

Size
ca. 84500.00ha
Elevation (average)
600.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
1700.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Tundra
Ecosystem Type
Polar
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-4.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1053.40mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
180
Maintenance Interval
180
LTER Site Classification
Regular