Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions (GGD318)
NSIDC / International Permafrost Association
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile
- Coverage
- Northern Hemisphere (20°N–90°N)
- Scale
- 1:10,000,000
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static
Tags
Permafrost extent and ground ice from 20°N to 90°N, classed by percent of area, including discontinuous, sporadic, and isolated zones, at 1:10,000,000.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- NSIDC / International Permafrost Association
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Arctic
- Type
- Vector
- Extent
- -1802018090West, south, east, north. Data extent.
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