Records of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Irish waters

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Distribution and temporal data for North Atlantic right whales within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Ireland

Geographic Coverage: The inshore waters of counties Donegal, Mayo and Cork

Temporal Coverage: 1300-1987

Species Groups recorded: marine mammal

Dataset Status: Complete

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Date released 2020-04-16
Date updated 2020-04-16
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
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Language English
Landing page http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/295
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.20189, 51.41178],[-10.20189, 54.637137], [-8.29793, 54.637137], [-8.29793, 51.41178], [-10.20189, 51.41178]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) TM75 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29903)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height", "minVerticalExtent": "0", "maxVerticalExtent": "0"}
Provenance information High. Every record was compiled from the literature and validated accordingly by Seán O'Callaghan Data Capture Method: Reviewing the literature Data Capture Purpose: To provide a baseline dataset for the species given it has been largely overlooked in Ireland to date Original Format: Spreadsheet
Period of time covered (begin) 1737-01-01
Period of time covered (end) 1987-12-31