Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery2019.3(4):393-395

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Citation:Zhang, Y. H., Liu, C., Shi, R. X.Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom[J]. Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery,2019.3(4):393-395 .DOI: 10.3974/geodp.2019.04.13 .

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Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom

Zhang, Y. H.  Liu, C.*  Shi, R. X.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research??Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Keywords: Isles of Scilly; England; Cornwall; Data encyclopedia

 

Figure 1  Map of the Isles of Scilly dataset (.shp format)

Figure 2  Map of the Isles of Scilly dataset (.kmz format)

The Isles of Scilly, also called Scilly Isles, is lying southwest of Cornwall, England, 40 to 58 km off Land??s End. It??s geo-location is 49??51??48??N?C49??58?? 58??N, 6??26??45??W?C6??14??34??W[1-5] (Figure 1, Figure 2).

There are 265 islands and islets in the Isles of Scilly, but only five of the islands are inhabited-St Mary's Island, Tresco Island, St Martin's Island, Bryher Island and St. Agnes-Gugh Island. The Bryher Island (49??57??12??N, 6??21??22??W) is the smallest inhabited island with area of 1.61 km2 and coastline length of 13.32 km. Bishop Rock (49??52??23??N, 6??26?? 44??W) with area of 2,447 m2 is located at the Isles of Scilly??s western end with a notable Lighhouse of civil engineering built in November, 1858[6]. The biggest island is the StMary's Island with the area of 7.37 km2 and the coastline length of 23.48 km. Other small islands include Samson, Annet, Tean, Great Ganilly, St. Helen's, Great-Little Arthur, Ganinick, Gweal, White Island, Little Ganilly, Round Island, Mincarlo, Menawethan, Great Innisvouls, Illiswilgig, Rosevear, Little Innisvouls, Ragged Island, Castle Bryher and Maiden Bower[7] (Table.1). The total area of the isles of Scilly is 20.58 km² and the total coastline length is 162.66 km.

Table 1  Geolocation, area and coastline of main islands of the Scilly Isles

Name of island

Geolocation

Center of Island

Area (m2)

Coastline (km)

St. Mary's

49??54??10??N-49??56??17??N, 6??19??45??W-6??16??31??W

49??55??15??N, 6??17??55??W

7365960

23476

Tresco

49??56??21??N-49??58??5??N, 6??21??8??W-6??19??9??W

49??57??16??N, 6??20??3??W

3136360

11190

St. Martin's

49??57??21??N-49??58??54??N, 6??18??18??W-6??15??38??W

49??57??39??N, 6??16??58??W

2888700

16043

St. Agnes-Gugh

49??52??56??N-49??53??56??N, 6??21??26??W-6??19??30??W

49??53??31??N, 6??20??29??W

1989340

13276

Bryher

49??56??31??N-49??58??2??N, 6??21??57??W-6??20??51??W

49??57??12??N, 6??21??22??W

1608100

13320

Samson

49??55??36??N-49??56??21??N, 6??21??31??W-6??20??49??W

49??55??57??N, 6??21??9??W

531777

4636

Annet

49??53??26??N-49??54??1??N, 6??22??45??W-6??21??54??W

49??53??44??N, 6??22??18??W

392502

5103

Tean

49??57??50??N-49??58??21??N, 6??19??8??W-6??18??25??W

49??58??6??N, 6??18??45??W

363245

5096

Great Ganilly

49??56??54??N-49??57??21??N, 6??15??53??W-6??15??4??W

49??57??7??N, 6??15??28??W

272425

3210

St. Helen's

49??58??11??N-49??58??32??N, 6??19??49??W-6??19??12??W

49??58??21??N, 6??19??31??W

270415

2353

Great-Little Arthur

49??56??31??N-49??56??53??N, 6??16??5??W-6??15??42??W

49??56??37??N, 6??15??53??W

171140

2457

Ganinick

49??56??35??N-49??56??51??N, 6??16??48??W-6??16??22??W

49??56??43??N, 6??16??34??W

143017

2165

Gweal

49??57??5??N-49??57??22??N, 6??22??19??W-6??22??3??W

49??57??13??N, 6??22??10??W

97597

1629

White Island

49??55??47??N-49??55??59??N, 6??21??57??W-6??21??36??W

49??55??53??N, 6??21??45??W

63201

1289

Little Ganilly

49??56??53??N-49??57??1??N, 6??16??16??W-6??15??60??W

49??56??57??N, 6??16??8??W

62084

958

Melledgan

49??52??25??N-49??52??38??N, 6??22??17??W-6??22??4??W

49??52??31??N, 6??22??11??W

53455

1317

Round Island

49??58??38??N-49??58??49??N, 6??19??29??W-6??19??16??W

49??58??44??N, 6??19??22??W

52594

1135

Mincarlo

49??55??56??N-49??56??8??N, 6??23??16??W-6??23??3??W

49??56??3??N, 6??23??10??W

52192

1132

Menawethan

49??56??39??N-49??56??47??N, 6??14??55??W-6??14??39??W

49??56??43??N, 6??14??46??W

45864

1065

Great Innisvouls

49??56??54??N-49??57??2??N, 6??15??1??W-6??14??49??W

49??56??58??N, 6??14??55??W

41595

812

Illiswilgig

49??56??29??N-49??56??37??N, 6??22??58??W-6??22??40??W

49??56??33??N, 6??22??49??W

40287

1156

Scilly Rock

49??57??21??N-49??57??29??N, 6??22??52??W-6??22??41??W

49??57??25??N, 6??22??46??W

31839

1030

Rosevear

49??52??9??N-49??52??16??N, 6??24??11??W-6??23??58??W

49??52??13??N, 6??24??4??W

31265

767

Little Innisvouls

49??56??59??N-49??57??4??N, 6??14??52??W-6??14??39??W

49??57??1??N, 6??14??46??W

25716

787

Gorregan

49??52??1??N-49??52??8??N, 6??23??23??W-6??23??13??W

49??52??4??N, 6??23??18??W

23802

732

Ragged Island

49??56??44??N-49??56??50??N, 6??15??37??W-6??15??25??W

49??56??47??N, 6??15??31??W

21543

669

Seal Rock

49??56??32??N-49??56??41??N, 6??23??13??W-6??23??6??W

49??56??37??N, 6??23??9??W

19586

765

Castle Bryher

49??56??35??N-49??56??40??N, 6??22??27??W-6??22??18??W

49??56??37??N, 6??22??24??W

16871

618

(To be continued on the next page)

(Continued)

Name of island

Geolocation

Center of Island

Area (m2)

Coastline (km)

Great Crebawethan

49??52??41??N-49??52??49??N, 6??24??47??W-6??24??40??W

49??52??45??N, 6??24??43??W

16175

602

Maiden Bower

49??56??45??N-49??56??52??N, 6??23??36??W-6??23??30??W

49??56??49??N, 6??23??33??W

13878

522

Daisy

49??51??53??N-49??51??56??N, 6??24??2??W-6??23??57??W

49??51??54??N, 6??23??59??W

7402

320

Zantman's Rock

49??52??5??N-49??52??8??N, 6??26??33??W-6??26??27??W

49??52??7??N, 6??26??30??W

5450

359

Bishop Rock

49??52??22??N-49??52??24??N, 6??26??45??W-6??26??42??W

49??52??23??N, 6??26??44??W

2447

246

Little Crebawethan

49??52??42??N-49??52??43??N, 6??25??4??W-6??25??3??W

49??52??43??N, 6??25??3??W

705

102

 

The dataset was developed based on the Google Earth and related maps and references[3,4]. The dataset is consisted of 15 data files and archived in the .kmz and .shp data formats with the data size of 395 MB (Compressed to 163 MB in two files).

 

References

[1]       Isles of Scilly [OL]. Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 16 Aug., 2019. https://www. britannica.com/place/Isles-of-Scilly-islands-England-United-Kingdom.

[2]       World Map Atlas: United Kingdom Atlas [M]. Beijing: Sino Maps Press, 2007.

[3]       Liu, C., Shi, R. X., Zhang, Y. H., et al. Global multiple scale shorelines dataset based on Google Earth images (2015) [DB/OL]. Global Change Research Data Publishing & Repository, 2019. DOI: 10.3974/geodb.2019.04.13.V1.

[4]       Liu, C., Zhang, Y. H., Shi, R. X., et al. British Isles [DB/OL]. Global Change Research Data Publishing & Repository, 2019. DOI:10.3974/geodb.2019.05.06.V1.

[5]       Liu, C., Zhang, Y. H., Shi, R. X., et al. British Isles [J]. Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery, 2019, 2019, 3(3): 209?C302.

[6]       Liu, C., Shi, R. X. Isles of Scilly[DB/OL]. Global Change Research Data Publishing & Repository, 2016. DOI:10.3974/geodb.2016.09.07.V1.

[7]       Bishop Rock Lighthouse [OL]. Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 14 Oct., 2011. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bishop-Rock-Lighthouse.

Data Computing Environment

[8]       ESRI. ArcGIS campus license of Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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