New Zealand Topographic Data Dictionary


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For more information contact the New Zealand National Topo/Hydro Authority. Please note: the metadata presented here is prior to changes agreed with ICSM members and is therefore subject to alteration. Please read the Explanatory Page for explanations of the fields, abbreviations and symbols which have been used.


Object_class Entity_class Additional entity class Object Inheritance
ice_clf_edge CLIFF Not applicable simple_line
Object description
Ice cliff edge; any vertical wall of ice eg. a very steep surface bounding a glacier or mass of shelf ice; the cliffed edge of an ice sheet or glacier on a land surface or the cliffs at the seaward floating edge of a glacier or ice shelf.
Map image Digital data image

icecliff.jpg

icecliff.gif
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Comments
See cliff_edge.
Entity Source Classification Seed class Last updated Edition number
US Standard Entity 50k ant not_applicable 23/11/2001 2

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