CAFF - Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS)
Atlantic walrus haul-out site database
A dataset compiling all known terrestrial haul-out sites for the Atlantic walrus. The dataset comprises of the following documents: (1) the database in .csv format: walrus_haulout_database_Atlantic_caff_v4.csv; (2) the database in .shp format: walrus_haulout_database_Atlantic_caff_v4.shp; and (3) a user guidance document: user_guidance_atlantic_walrus_db.docx. The dataset will be updated annually. The latest update was 14th May 2025.
Simple
- Alternate title
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The Atlantic walrus haul-out site database
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-06-27
- Citation identifier
- https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9
- Citation identifier
- http://geo.abds.is:8081/geonetwork89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
Point of contact
- Credit
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF www.caff.is) working group of the Arctic Council
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey
Hannah Cubaynes
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Antarctic Survey
Hannah Cubaynes
Distributor
- Keywords
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Walrus
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haulout
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database
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Atlantic
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Marine Mmmals
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Marine
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Mammal
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Spatial resolution
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Oceans
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- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 3408
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map
https://geo.abds.is/geoserver/abds/wms? walrus_v4_2025
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9/attachments/walrus_haulout_database_Atlantic_caff_v4.zip Shape file
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9/attachments/user_guidance_atlantic_walrus_db.docx User Guidance
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/api/records/89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9/attachments/walrus_haulout_database_Atlantic_caff_v4.csv Database - CSV
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- File identifier
- 89053f0c-79e8-4d54-86a4-6557db4ae0f9 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF16
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-02-19T17:48:11.014551815Z
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
Hólmgrímur Helgason
Point of contact British Antarctic Survey
Hannah Cubaynes
Originator British Antarctic Survey
Peter Fretwell
Author Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Eva Garde
Author Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Maria Gavrilo
Author Greenland Institute of Natural Resources)
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Author Higdon Wildlife Consulting
Jeff Higdon
Author Norwegian Polar Institute
Kit Kovacs
Author independent researcher
Margarita Leskova
Author Norwegian Polar Institute
Christian Lydersen
Author Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Cory Matthews
Author Systematic Conservation Consultancy
Boris Solovyev
Author WWF-UK
Alejandra Vergara-Pena
Author
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