Bedmap3 ice thickness, bed and surface elevation (Antarctica)

Name: Bedmap3 ice thickness, bed and surface elevation (Antarctica)
Creator: UK Polar Data Centre / British Antarctic Survey for SCAR
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

UK Polar Data Centre / British Antarctic Survey for SCAR

License: Attribution
Commercial: Yes
Format: GeoTIFF, NetCDF, Shapefile
Coverage: Antarctica (south of 60°S)
Resolution: 500 m

Last updated: Added to findgis 30 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static

Source and attribution

Publisher

UK Polar Data Centre / British Antarctic Survey for SCAR

License

Attribution

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: Yes
Modification allowed: Yes
Redistribution allowed: Yes
Share-alike: No

Use constraints: “This data is covered by a Creative Commons License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions: 1. To cite the data and the Bedmap3 publication in any publication as follows: DATA: Pritchard, H., Fretwell, P., Fremand, A., Bodart, J., Kirkham, J., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damn, V., ... Zirizzotti, A. (2024). BEDMAP3 - Ice thickness, bed and surface elevation for Antarctica - gridding products (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2d0e4791-8e20-46a3-80e4-f5f6716025d2 PAPER: Pritchard, H.D., Fretwell, P.T., Fremand, A.C. et al. Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica. Sci Data 12, 414 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y 2. The user recognizes the limitations of data. Use of the data is at the users' own risk, and there is no warranty as to the quality or accuracy of any data, or the fitness of the data for your intended use. The data are not necessarily fully quality assured and cannot be expected to be free from measurement uncertainty, systematic biases, or errors of interpretation or analysis, and may include inaccuracies in error margins quoted with the data.”License text

Region

AntarcticaAQ

Type

Raster

Time

1966-01-01–2024-11-01

Download

Bed elevation (GeoTIFF, about 361 MB)Surface elevation (GeoTIFF, about 361 MB)Ice thickness (GeoTIFF, about 361 MB)All grids in one NetCDF (about 2.5 GB)Streamline points (Shapefile zip)

Extent

-180-90180-60West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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