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North Circumpolar Region

Map shows the geography of the northern circumpolar region, north of approximately 55 degrees latitude.

This product is derived from the Atlas of Canada's bilingual wall map "The Circumpolar Region - North" (MCR 0001). To limit the impact of aliasing of the annotation we rendered the map into two tiled web services with a service showing the 'base' information and the other the 'annotation.' Combined the two services more or less replicate the wall map online. In addition to the tiled services, the mxd and geodatabase in FGDB format are available for download. Note: Since the geodatabase was derived from a cartographic product not all features have attribute information even though they are labelled on the map.

The map uses the azimuthal equidistant projection. Displayed on the map are the international boundaries, as well as the Canadian provincial and territorial boundaries, all current to 2014. Also shown are national capital cities, other cities, towns, villages and hamlets along with some seasonally populated places. The map identifies a number of significant northern features, including the median sea ice extent from September 1981 to 2010, the tree line, undersea relief, land relief, glaciers, ice fields and coastal ice shelves. Labelled are many of the physiographic and hydrographic features.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2017
Date ( RI_367 )
2018
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Innovation - ( )
Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown; inconnu RI_543
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Geographical maps
  • Northern Canada
  • Northerners
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
otherRestrictions; autresRestrictions RI_609
Other constraints

This map is for informational purposes and has not been prepared for, or would not be suitable for, legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. The geographic data layers are provided as a public resource. Natural Resources Canada makes no warranties, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of its data, and it should not be construed or used as a legal description. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the data.

Users of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the usability of the information. Natural Resources Canada provides these data in good faith and shall in no event be liable for any incorrect results, any lost profits and special, indirect or consequential damages to any party, arising out of or in connection with the use or the inability to use the data herein or the services provided. Natural Resources Canada shall not be held liable for any third party’s interpretation of the data. Natural Resources Canada reserves the right to change or revise published data and/or these services at any time.

Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Boundaries
  • Location
Begin date
2016
End date
2016
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Reference system identifier
https://spatialreference.org/ref/ / ESRI:37008 /
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.11 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.6.1 )

RI_409
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Innovation - ( )
Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
OnLine resource
North Circumpolar Region (base) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng,fra

OnLine resource
North Circumpolar Region (annotation) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng,fra

OnLine resource
North Circumpolar Region (wall map) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
North Circumpolar Region (mxd) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;MXD;eng,fra

OnLine resource
North Circumpolar Region (geodatabase) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

File identifier
7f3d1cb3-ed07-4244-8352-029e2167284b XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2020-08-13T14:58:44
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Strategic Policy and Innovation - ( )
Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
 
 

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